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 | 78k | Commissioning Booklet photo of the Keel laying of the Cavalla (SSN-684) 23 May 1970, at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT. | Electric Boat / US Navy photo courtesy of Mike Keating. Photo added 03/02/08. | |
 | 72k | The Cavalla (SSN-684) slides down the building ways at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 19 February 1972. | Electric Boat / US Navy photo. | |
 | 22k | Commemorative postal cover marking the commissioning of the Cavalla (SSN-684), 19 February 1972. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 317k | Commissioning Booklet photo from page 5 entitled "Heritage Of The
Cavalla". Port beam photo of the Cavalla (SSN-684) during her trials off the Atlantic coast, 1972 -73. | US Navy photo courtesy of Mike Keating. Photo added 03/02/08. | |
 | 317k | Back cover of the Commissioning Booklet photo of the Cavalla (SSN-684) during her trials off the Atlantic coast, 1972 - 73. | US Navy photo courtesy of Mike Keating. Photo added 03/02/08. | |
 | 849k | Cavalla (SSN-684) during her trials off the Atlantic coast, 1973. if you look closely, at the bow wave, you can see the pointy tail of the big "Pimple" on her nose. It housed the AN/BQH4, sonar transducer, if I remember correctly. She was the only 637 to have it. It was removed sometime after 1975. | US Navy photo & text courtesy of Mike Keating. Photo added 03/02/08. | |
 | 32k | Commemorative postal cover marking the commissioning of the Cavalla (SSN-684), 26 January 1974. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 43k | Oil on canvas painting by the artist Jim Christley entitled "Trailing". During the Cold War the US Naval Submarine Force was tasked with keeping tabs on Soviet Naval movements in particular, the Soviet Submarine Force. Submarines of the Sturgeon Class were well suited to this task and often trailed Soviet submarines for days reporting on their movements and recording noise signatures. In this image, such a trailing has turned into a close aboard encounter as a Soviet Viktor III Class has turned to port to check his baffles (to listen to see if anyone is immediately astern). A trailing Sturgeon has stopped his screw and gone quiet. Extending far behind the US submarine is its towed array sonar which assists in giving a clear picture of the ocean’s acoustics. | Photo & text courtesy of subart.net. | |
 | 145k | Submerged submarines in tandem. | U.S. Navy Photo courtesy of Robert Hall. | |
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A crane lowers the deep submergence rescue vehicle Avalon (DSRV-2) onto pylons attached to the hull of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Cavalla (SSN-684) at Pearl Harbor on 2 Sep 1981. The Avalon and Cavalla are taking part in a fly-away exercise to train personnel in the handling and operation of the (DSRV-2).
| Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-82-04945 by PH1 Terry Mitchell, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Cavalla (SSN-684) with the deep submergence rescue vehicle Avalon (DSRV-2) attached at Pearl Harbor on 2 Sep 1981. | Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-82-04955 by PH1 Terry Mitchell, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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51k | Avalon (DSRV-2), riding on the Cavalla (SSN-684). |
US Navy photo, courtesy of CHINFO Chief of Naval Information. | |
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Underway off San Francisco Bay, Cavalla (SSN-684) appears in this photo that was issued by the
ship and the Mare Island project team during her overhaul at Mare Island Naval
Shipyard between 30 Sep 1987 and 9 Jan 1990. Note: That is a seagull to the
left of the ship's patch.
| Text courtesy of Joe Duvall. US Navy photo # 224557, courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 69k | Commemorative postal cover marking the Cavalla (SSN-684) surfaced above the Arctic Circle,3 May 1995. This historically multicolored printed documented polar mail was produced by Crews Recreation and Walfare Committee and sold to general public. It is enhanced by special North Polar Cancellation that received limited use. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 37k | Cavalla (SSN-684) surfaced above the Arctic Circle, and crew photo, 3 May 1995. | US Navy photo courtesy of the US Navy Arctic Submarine Labratory web site. | |
 | 37k | Cavalla (SSN-684) surfaced above the Arctic Circle, 3 May 1995. | US Navy photo courtesy of globalsecurity.org web site. | |
 | 456k | Starboard bow view of the Cavalla (SSN-684), underway as it exits the harbor at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). The Arizonia Memorial is visible in the background on 1 Jan 1997.
| Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SD-04-09768 courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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