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USS Hunley (AS-31)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - Quebec - Yankee
NSQY

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3)
Bottom Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

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Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 January 2007, to Southern Scrap Materials Company, New Orleans, LA.

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Specifications:
Displacement 12,852 t.(lt) 17,640 t.(fl)
Length 599'
Beam 83'
Draft 23' 4"
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 1,190
Armament two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion Diesel-electric, one shaft

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By / Source
	187k	USS Hunley (AS-31) ready for launch, 28 September 1961, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.		Dale Hargrave
	103k	USS Hunley (AS-31) underway, 14 December 1962 US Navy photo # NH 96829 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		US Naval Historical Center
	3499k	USS Hunley (AS-31) at her mooring in Holy Loch, Scotland, with ballistic-missile submarines alongside, circa April 1963.		HMC Fred Overly, USN Retired
	103k	USS Hunley (AS-31) tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Scotland, circa April 1963. She has two submarines, an LCM and other vessels alongside. US Navy photo # NH 96830 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		US Naval Historical Center
	105k	USS Hunley (AS-31) at her mooring in Holy Loch, Scotland, April 1966, with USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) alongside. US Navy photo # 69856 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		US Naval Historical Center
	103k	USS Hunley (AS-31) tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Scotland, circa April 1966. She has two submarines, an LCM and other vessels alongside. US Navy photo # NH 96830 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		US Naval Historical Center
	154k	USS Hunley (AS-31) in Holy Loch, Scotland, with harbor tugs Piqua (YTB-793), at left, and Natick (YTB-760) assisting, 7 June 1987. USS Simon Lake (AS-33) is on Hunley's opposite side, with masts, cranes and stack visible. Photograph was received in June 1992. US Navy photo # NH 96831 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.		US Naval Historical Center
	151k	USS Hunley (AS-31) moored pierside at Fort Lauderdale. FL., date unknown US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1971.		Stanley C. Svec
	65k	USS Hunley (AS-31) approaching Apra Harbor, Guam, 11 October 1977 Photographed by M.L. Millard US Navy photo # 1150152 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		US Naval Historical Center
	205k	USS Hunley (AS-31) tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Scotland, circa December 1986-87. Note Christmas decorations, the stars on the stack and main mast.		Photo by Carl Musselman MM1/SS 1982-1995.
	59k	USS Hunley (AS-31) moored at the D&S piers Naval Station Norfolk, VA., Christmas Day 1989. US Navy photo		.

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For more photos and information about USS Hunley, see; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships USS Hunley AS-31 Submarine Tenders of the United States Navy Launching Program contributed by S. Dale Hargrave Miscellaneous and Memorabilia Commanding Officers

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