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Groton (SSN-694)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 3 August 1973, at the Electric Boat Div. of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 9 October 1976; Commissioned, USS Groton (SSN-694), 8 July 1978. Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 7 November 1997; Final Disposition, to be disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,000 t., Submerged: 6.927 t.; Length 360'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth limit 950'; Complement 129; Armament,four 21" torpedo tubes aft of bow can also launch Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles & MK-48 torpedoes; Combat Systems, AN/BPS-5 surface search radar, AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar, TB-16D passive towed sonar arrays, TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array, AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array, AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array, AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection); MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System, SADS-TG active detection sonar, Type 2 attack periscope (port), Type 18 search periscope (starboard), AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44, WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver, ESM; Propulsion System, S6G nuclear reactor one propeller at 35,000 shp.
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Groton 202k Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Groton's (SSN-694) keel laying, 3 August 1973, at the Electric Boat Div. of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT. USN photo courtesy of Electric Boat & Scott Koen ussnewyork.com.
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0869419		 450k Hyman G. Rickover, Rear Admiral, USN, Director, Division on Naval Reactors, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, at the launching of Groton (SSN-694) and keel laying of Dallas (SSN-700) at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut on 9 October 1976. USN photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
Groton 69k Into the Thames River, the Groton (SSN-694) starts to get wet at her launching at the Electric Boat Div. of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 9 October 1976. Courtesy of USNI.
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0869420		 829kThis photo is the most nautical I found of the sponsor. The Groton (SSN-694) was launched on 9 October 1976 sponsored by Mrs. Anne Francis Richardson, wife of Secretary of Commerce Elliot L. Richardson.
Former Atty. Gen. Elliot & Ann Richardson, he in black tie, she in gown, holding hands, arriving for WH state dinner honoring Philipina Pres. 		Photo by Diana Walker courtesy of gettyimages.com
Groton 22k Commemorative post card marking the builder's first sea trials of the Groton (SSN-694), on 3 April 1978. Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
Groton 114k The Groton (SSN-694), possibly on her first sea trials on 3 April 1978. Official USN photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
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0869422		 305kGroton (SSN-694) at her commissioning on 8 July 1978. Photo courtesy of Darryl Betz, Plankowner.
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0869407		 348kGroton (SSN-694), Winter 1980/81. Photo courtesy of Scott Erich, STS1 (SS) January 1981 – September 1985.
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0869401		 750kGroton (SSN-694) in Diego Garcia, February 1982. Photo courtesy of Scott Erich, STS1 (SS) January 1981 – September 1985.
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0869421		 348kGroton (SSN-694) in Diego Garcia, February 1982. The A-Gangers are loading a mine through the weapons Shipping hatch. The 5 men in front of them on the bow, are two of our officers (in Khakis), and three officers (one in uniform) from the HMS Sheffield (D80). The Sheffield was lost in the Falklands in May of 82. This photo was taken about 3 months before that in February of 82. They were tied up on the other side of the tender from us. Photo courtesy of Scott Erich, STS1 (SS) January 1981 – September 1985.
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0869409		 694kTwo photos of Groton (SSN-694) in Bermuda, May 1982. Photos courtesy of Scott Erich, STS1 (SS) January 1981 – September 1985.
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0869410		 3.51k An aerial bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Groton (SSN-694) underway on 1 May 1982. Official USN photo DN-SC-82-05951 via dodmedia.osd.mil
Groton1.16kFifteen page Welcome Aboard Program for the Groton (SSN-694), December 1982.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
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0869415		 1.27k A bow-on view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Groton (SSN-694), 6 November 1984. Official USN photo DN-SN-85-01689 via dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
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0869418		 248kUndated Groton (SSN-694) in Gibraltar. USN photo.
Groton 47k Vice Admiral George W. Emery served as the Commanding Officer of the Groton (SSN-694) from December 1979 to December 1982. He also served as the Gold crew Commanding Officer of the ballistic missile submarine Ohio (SSBN-726) from April 1983 to May 1985. Photo courtesy of the National Historical Center via Bill Gonyo.
Groton 487k Painted Groton (SSN-694). Photo courtesy of Electric Boat & Scott Koen ussnewyork.com.
Groton 172k Photo of the Groton (SSN-694) titled "Portsmouth England August 1984". Photo by Jim McGovern.
Groton 78k The Groton (SSN-694) welcomes the Georgia (SSBN-729) home for the holidays, 25 December 1984. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Groton 106k Groton (SSN-694) departing New London on Friday morning, 12 July 1991, passing the State Pier and old Fulton (AS-11). Photo by Ken Hart.
Groton & Rhode Island 84k Groton (SSN-694) arriving at New London, passing Electric Boat yard and Rhode Island (SSBN-740) fitting out in early 1993. Photo by Ken Hart.
Groton 91k Cracked sonar dome of the Groton (SSN-694) after returning to Kings Bay, GA, 23 July 1996. The rupture was caused by an air pocket that did not fully vent upon submerging. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). Photo i.d. courtesy of Kenneth Reed, EDMC Ret.
Spent Fuel569kSealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003:
Patrick Henry (SSBN-599),
Snook (SSN-592),
George Washington (SSBN-598),
Scamp (SSN-588),
Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601),
Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618),
Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600),
Dace (SSN-607),
John Adams (SSBN-620),
Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602),
Barb (SSN-596),
Ethan Allen (SSBN-608),
Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610),
Pollack (SSN-603),
Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685),
James Monroe (SSBN-622),
Skipjack (SS-585),
Nathan Hale (SSBN-623),
Plunger (SSN-595),
Shark (SSN-591),
Lafayette (SSBN-616),
Sam Houston (SSBN-609),
Jack (SSN-605),
Haddo (SSN-604),
Tinosa (SSN-606),
Guardfish (SSN-612),
Permit (SSN-594),
Queenfish (SSN-651),
Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631),
John Marshall (SSBN-611),
George C. Marshall (SSBN-654),
Flasher (SSN-613),
Guitarro (SSN-665),
Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617),
George Washington Carver (SSBN-656),
Tecumseh (SSBN-628),
Halibut (SSGN-587),
Will Rogers (SSBN-659),
Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655),
Daniel Boone (SSBN-629),
Greenling (SSN-614),
John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630),
Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633),
Skate (SSN-578),
Sargo (SSN-583),
Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657),
Sturgeon (SSN-637),
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640),
Swordfish (SSN-579),
Seadragon (SSN-584),
Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634),
Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641),
Hammerhead (SSN-663),
Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) ,
Tullibee (SSN-597),
Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644),
Pargo (SSN-650),
Seahorse (SSN-669),
Gurnard (SSN-662),
Flying Fish (SSN-673),
Gato (SSN-615),
Puffer (SSN-652),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Baton Rouge (SSN-689),
Bergall (SSN-667),
Whale (SSN-638),
Henry Clay (SSBN-625),
James Madison (SSBN-627),
Finback (SSN-670),
Spadefish (SSN-668),
Sunfish (SSN-649),
George Bancroft (SSBN-643),
Grayling (SSN-646),
Pintado (SSN-672),
Tunny (SSN-682),
Archerfish (SSN-678),
& Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624).
As time passes & more boats are retired from service and their reactors are brought here, so the numbers rise. In this photo dated November 2009, 98 nuclear submarines and six nuclear cruisers have been recycled. For an up to date view, click here		USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
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0869449		 340kHELP US BUILD A MONUMENT. Photo courtesy of grotonsail.com
Commanding Officers
01CDR. Vogel III, Raymond William, USN (USNA 1962)08.07.1978 - 15.02.1980 First Date in Commission
02CDR. Emery, George Williams, USN (USNA 1963) :VADM15.02.1980 - 03.12.1982
03CDR. Crahan, Gary Michael, USN03.12.1982 - 19.07.1985
04CDR. Sjostrom, Nils Alfred, USN (USNA 1969)19.07.1985 - 17.03.1989
05CDR. Preston, Randall Dills, USN (USNA 1972)17.03.1989 - 08.11.1991
06CDR. Davis, Larry H., USN08.11.1991 - 14.05.1994
07CDR. Flacco, Nicholas Louis, USN14.05.1994 - 09.05.1997
08CDR. Martinez, Ricardo, USN (USNA 1978)09.05.1997 - 07.11.1997 Last Date in Commission
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
There is no DANFS History currently available for Groton (SSN-694) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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