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Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 24 July 1981, at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 27 August 1983; Commissioned, USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), 21 July 1984. Hyman G. Rickover was inactivated on 14 December 2006, transported to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, in early 2008 for the year-long inactivation process.

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.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
482k	Hyman G. Rickover.	US Navy photo # 70134-10-65, contributed by Darryl Baker. Photo added 07/20/08.
77k	6,000 tons of Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) slides into the waters of the Mystic River at Groton, CT., 27 August 1983.	Courtesy of USNI.
110k	Guests arrive to attend the commissioning ceremony for the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08113, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
421k	Crewmen stand in formation on the deck of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) during the ship's commissioning ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, 21 Jul 1984.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08103, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
75k	Republican Charles E. Bennett, Democrat-Florida, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709). Guests seated in the front row include, left to right: Vice Admiral Bernard Kauderer, Admiral Steven A. White, retired Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Vice Admiral Nils R. Thunman and Captain Fredrik H.M. Spruitenburg.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08108, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
64k	Three little girls attending the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) use umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08110, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
207k	A bow view of the *Los Angeles class* nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) as guests attend its commissioning ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division.	USN photo # DN-ST-85-08111, by PH3 Joan Zopf, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
72k	A sparse crowd waits in the rain during the commissioning of the Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), 21 July 1984 at Submarine Base, Groton, CT.	Photo courtesy of USN.
100k	Front cover of the Commissioning Program for the Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), 21 July 1984 at Submarine Base, Groton, CT.	Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
116k	The Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) underway off the Atlantic coast, 31 July 1984.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
262k	Commander B. S. Lemkin, commander of the nuclear-powered submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), poses for a photograph next to the ship's periscope on 1 Dec 1988.	USN photo # DN-ST-89-01964, by PH1 Mussi, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
378k	The nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) is positioned in the medium auxiliary floating dry dock Resolute (AFDM-10) while undergoing maintenance at Norfolk Naval Station, D&S piers on 18 Dec 1989.	USN photo # DN-SC-90-04064, by PH2 Tracy Lee Didas, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
374k	The nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) is positioned in the medium auxiliary floating dry dock Resolute (AFDM-10) while undergoing maintenance at Norfolk Naval Station, D&S piers on 18 Dec 1989.	USN photo # DN-SC-90-04063, by PH2 Tracy Lee Didas, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
159k	A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) tied to a pier at Port Everglades on 11 Oct 1993.	USN photo # DN-SC-94-00526, by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
49k	Bow on view of the Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) underway, date and location unknown.	Photo courtesy of globalsecurity.com.
59k	Bow on view of the Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) underway, date and location unknown.	US Navy photo from the National War College papers, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
287k	The Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) arrived at Newport News on 1 Oct. 2004 for approximately five months of maintenance work. Work will include blasting and painting of the submarine’s internal and external tanks, removal and overhaul of various system valves, steering and diving gear inspection and repair, repairs to torpedo systems, and inspection and repairs to the sail, pressure and non-pressure hulls. This is the second submarine availability awarded to the Newport News sector in the last two years.	USN photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
110k	Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) at Naples, Italy during her last deployment.	Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
315k	ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 2008) - Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) tows de-fueled, decommissioned nuclear submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) to the Panama Canal on the first leg of a 10,000-mile tow from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash. The ships departed Portsmouth April 8 and ex-*Rickover* arrived in Bremerton May 30. The submarine was towed through the Pacific by fleet ocean tug USNS Sioux (T-ATF 171). While in Bremerton, ex-*Rickover* will go through a dismantling program overseen by the Navy.	USN photo courtesy of msc.navy.mi. via Gary Priolo & Lee Wahler.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
Virtual Tour of USS Springfield (SSN 761) from PBS's Nova web site

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