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AS-33 Simon Lake

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Echo - Kilo
 NUEK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (7)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal
Simon Lake Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down, 7 January 1963, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 8 February 1964
  • Commissioned USS Simon Lake (AS-33), 7 November 1964, CAPT. James B. Osborn in command
  • Decommissioned, 31 July 1999
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 April 2006
  • Final Disposition, laid up at NISMF Portsmouth, VA., slated for disposal
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,686 t.(lt) 20,088 t.(fl)
    Length 644'
    Beam 85'
    Draft 30'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 1,420
    Armament four 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsion 2 boilers, steam turbine, single shaft
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    Simon Lake 124k Simon Lake (AS-33) moored, at Rota, Spain, December 1975 with Kamehameha (SSBN-642) alongside. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Spartanburg County 76k Simon Lake (AS-33), with Kamehameha (SSBN-642) alongside, and Spartanburg County (LST-1192) at Rota, Spain, December 1975 ©Richard Leonhardt
    AFDB-7 103k Simon Lake (AS-33) moored in the Holy Loch, Scotland with Los Alamos (AFDB-7). Note, Los Alamos has a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) in her dock, circa 1980s.
    US Navy photo # NH 98381-KN from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Simon Lake 87k Simon Lake (AS-33) moored at the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA. while tending four submarines, circa 1979-80. Wendell McLaughlin
    Simon Lake 158k Simon Lake (AS-33)'s cranes transferring Trident C-4 missiles to Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, GA., 2 October 1981.
    DVIC photo # DN-SC-82-00002 from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Simon Lake 317k Simon Lake (AS-33) secured to her mooring buoys in Holy Loch, Scotland, April 1988 Photo by Carl Musselman MM1/SS 1982-1995
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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