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USS Hunley (AS-31)


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


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

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    Hunley 187k USS Hunley (AS-31) ready for launch, 28 September 1961, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. Dale Hargrave
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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
    Hunley 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.
    Hunley 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

  • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

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