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AS-31 Hunley

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - Quebec - Yankee

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal

Hunley Class Submarine Tender:

Laid down, 28 November 1960, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

Launched, 28 September 1961

Commissioned USS Hunley (AS-31), 16 June 1962, CAPT. Douglas N. Syverson, in command

Decommissioned, 30 September 1994

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 May 1995

Title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 1 May 1999

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

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

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
103k	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
105k	Hunley (AS-31) at her mooring in Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland, April 1966, with Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) alongside. US Navy photo # 69856 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
103k	Hunley (AS-31) tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Dunoon, 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	Hunley (AS-31) in Holy Loch, Scotland, with harbor tugs Piqua (YTB-793), at left, and Natick (YTB-760) assisting, 7 June 1987. 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	Hunley (AS-31) moored pierside at Fort Lauderdale. FL., date unknown US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1971.	Stanley C. Svec
65k	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	Hunley (AS-31) tied to mooring buoys at Holy Loch, Dunoon, 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	Hunley (AS-31) moored at the D&S piers Naval Station Norfolk, VA., Christmas Day 1989. US Navy photo	.
282k	Hunley (AS-31) Welcome Aboard pamphlet for a port call at Fort Lauderdale, FL, 22-23 January 1976.	Robert M. Cieri

View the Hunley (AS-31)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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USS Hunley AS-31
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