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Snook (SSN-592)

Radio Call Sign: November - Tango - Hotel - Golf
Skipjack Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 7 April 1958, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.; Launched, 31 October 1960; Commissioned, USS Snook (SSN-592), 24 October 1961; Decommissioned, 16 October 1986; Struck from the Naval Register, 14 November 1986; Laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard; Final Disposition, entered the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 1 October 1996 and completed 30 June 1997.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 2,880 t., Submerged: 3,500 t.; Length 251' 9"; Beam 32'; Draft 28 ft.; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth Limit 700'; Complement 118; Combat Systems, Sonar, BQR-12, BQR-2 passive, BQS-4 (modified) active/passive; Radar BPS-12; Fire Control, MK-101 torpedo FCS, ASW MK-48; Armament, six 21" torpedo tubes, forward; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two Westinghouse steam turbines, one propeller 15,000 shp..
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Submarine Silhouettes 1960179kSubmarine Silhouettes of 1960:
Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes. 		USN photo submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp.
Nuclear Submarine Profiles187kNuclear Submarine Profiles 1960:
Nautilus (SSN-571),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Triton (SSRN-586),
Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-585) classes,
Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes,
George Washington (SSBN-598) &
Thresher (SSN-593) classes. 		USN photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 202k Mrs. George L. Walling, mother of Comdr. J. F. Walling who was commanding officer of the first Snook (SS-279) when she was lost in action in World War II, receives the ceremonial bouquetof flowers, possibly from his wife, Mrs. Doris Annabella Walling. Before he went off to his command of the Snook, he and his wife lived at 5 Rose Ln, Nantucket, MA, in a house that was built in 1790. Still photo from a 8 mm video of the Snook's (SSN-592) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS. on 31 October 1960, courtesy of Video of the Launching of USS Snook SSN 592 via snook592.com
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 202k Mrs. George L. Walling breaks the bubbly. Still photo from a 8 mm video of the Snook's (SSN-592) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS. on 31 October 1960, courtesy of Video of the Launching of USS Snook SSN 592 via snook592.com
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 149k Snook (SSN-592) at the end of ways enters the water. Still photo from a 8 mm video of the Snook's (SSN-592) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS. on 31 October 1960, courtesy of Video of the Launching of USS Snook SSN 592 via snook592.com
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 443k Snook (SSN-592) catches the aid of a tug following her launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS. on 31 October 1960. USN photo # NPC 1051221 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
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0859214		 NR PERSONNEL OF THE INGALLS-BUILT SNOOK (SSN-592), THE NAVY'S 22ND NUCLEAR powered submarine and the second built by the Pascagoula yard, tie up in Pascagoula after successful sea trials in the Gulf. Ingalls executives and Navy officials were aboard the vessel under command of Cmdr. Howard Bucknell of Bluemont Va. The submarine will go to Mobile dry dock Sunday. (Ingalls photo)
Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Photo & text by The Chronicle Star & the Moss Point Advertiser. (Pascagoula; Moss Point, Miss.) 1949-1961, 01 September 1961, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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0859213		 NR Snook (SSN-592) ceremony today
INGALLS WORKMEN SWAB THE SNOOK WITH PASCAGOULA RIVER WATER, A guard stands watch, and the nuclear-powered, Ingalls-built submarine is readied for commissioning ceremonies. She will be commissioned today. 		(Ingalls photo)
Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Photo & text by The Chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1961-1966, 24 October 1961, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 134k Photo of the only Nuc Sub to fly a rebel flag. This was flown by the Snook (SSN-592) several times as it left Pascagoula, Mississippi and came into San Diego in 1961. Photograph courtesy of William Lee.
Skipjack Class 60k Watercolour and gouache on paper painting by the artist Viktor Stepansky entitled "Diving Skipjack Class".
The Skipjack Class (SSN-585 / 88-92) - clearing showing the tear-drop shape adopted by many of the submarine's successors. The Scorpion (SSN-589) is pictured here underway.		 Photo & text courtesy of subart.net.
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0859215		 196k SPECTATORS, NAVY OFFICIALS AND INGALLS PERsonnel attended ceremonies Tuesday commissioning the Snook (SSN-592), nuclear-powered submarine built by Ingalls in Pascagoula. The ceremonies, which officially admitted the sleek underwater warrior to the fleet, was attended by crew members of the first Snook (SS-279), built 19 years ago and sunk during World War II. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Photo & text by The Chronicle Star & the Moss Point Advertiser. (Pascagoula; Moss Point, Miss.) 1949-1961, 27 October 1961, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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0859205		 1.63k Snook (SSN-592) on the surface ca 1973. Photo is a PR photo used to announce the arrival of the sub at Mare Island for refueling overhaul on 3 December 1973. Photo courtesy of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 295k Snook (SSN-592) emergency blow. USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 592k Port side Snook (SSN-592). USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 596k Snook (SSN-592) makes waves. USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
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0859201a		467k U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Snook (SSN-592) on arrival at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka on 30 May 1966 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
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0859201		502k U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Snook (SSN-592) is seen on departure at the Fleet Activities Yokosuka on June, 1966 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
Thomas Jefferson
0861821		2.34kEight submarines plus a deep-diving submersible were at Mare Island during March 1975. Skippers of the submarines are from the left CDR Noel B. Henderson, Flasher (SSN-613); LCDR Ronald J. Doyle, Wahoo (SS-565); CDR Russell Knowles, Jr., Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618); CDR Charles R. Larson, Halibut (SSGN-587) ; CDR John A. Webster, Jr., Seawolf (SSN-575); CDR Thomas H. Bond, John Marshall (SSN-611); CDR John J. Hummer, Barb (SSN-596); LCDR Roger B. Whitaker; Trieste II and CDR James D. Cossey, Snook (SSN-592). All vessels were under overhaul at the yard. Photo MINSY 128732-3-75, via Darryl L. Baker.
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0859216		 2.30k Snook (SSN-592) on the surface 1978. Photo is a PR photo used to announce the arrival of the sub at Mare Island for overhaul on 2 October 1978. Photo courtesy of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
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0859217		 1.23k CDR J. R. Lynch relieves CDR R. C. Smith of command of the Snook (SSN-592) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 28 April 1979. Left to right are: RADM Bernard Kauderer (Commander, Submarine Group Five), CDR R. C. Smith, CDR J. R. Lynch and Reverend Vincent Brady of St. Vincents, Vallejo. Photo courtesy of Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
Snook 19k Commemorative postal cover marking the 20th anniversary of the launching ceremony of the Snook (SSN-592), 24 October 1981. Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Skipjack class 179k A starboard bow view of the submarine tender L. Y. Spear (AS-36) moored at the destroyer and submarine piers at Norfolk Naval Base on 7 September 1983. A Skipjack class nuclear-powered attack submarine is moored alongside, possibly the Skipjack (SS-585), Shark (SSN-591) or Snook (SSN-592). Official USN photo # DN-ST-85-11655, by Don S. Montgomery, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Snook 735k FTC(SS) Craig Parker, RET on the sail planes of the Snook (SSN-592) as she enters Rio de Janerio harbor, Brazil, during Operation Unitas XXV, an annual, multinational naval exercise. Sugarloaf Mountain is in the background, 3 July 1984. USN photo # DN-ST-89-05548 by PHC Terry Mitchell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Snook 585k A starboard quarter view of the Skipjack class nuclear-powered attack submarine Snook (SSN-592) as it enters port at Rio de Janeiro during Operation Unitas XXV. USN photo # DN-ST-85-08273 by PHC Terry Mitchell, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Snook 41k Commemorative postal cover issued with the Snook's (SSN-592) patch, 25 March 1983. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Snook 16k Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of Snook's (SSN-592) 4th visit to Japan.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Snook 82k Cover of Snook (SSN-592) Decommissioning Ceremony pamphlet, 8 October, 1986. Courtesy of Ken Hart / USN.
Snook 117k Broadside view of the Snook (SSN-592) entering Pearl Harbor, date unknown. Official USN photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
PSNSY 683k An aerial view of a section of the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 17 May 1993. One submarine tender and 16 decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are shown including the Seawolf (SSN-575); six George Washington, and Lafayette class SSBN's (with their missile sections cut out) plus several Skate, Skipjack, Permit and Sturgeon class SSN's. All are awaiting scrapping.
Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583), Seadragon (SSN-584).
Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598), Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664). 		Official USN photo # DN-ST-95-01863, by Calvin Larsen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston.
PSNSY291k"Sign of the times." March 1994 photo of Nuclear submarines at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard waiting in line for scrapping.
Top row left to right are Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Seawolf (SSN-575), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) alongside Sperry (AS-12), with Triton (SSRN-586) across the pier from the Sperry .
Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583), Seadragon (SSN-584).
Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598), Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664).
There are so many submarines at PSNSY that the yard is running out of pier space. 		Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 185k Moored submarines awaiting their final fate at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA sometime in 1996: From left to right:
Shark (SSN-591),
Plunger (SSN-595),
Snook (SSN-592) &
Patrick Henry (SSBN-599). 		Photograph courtesy of Ray Arntson via btrosper.com.
Scrapping 25kCommemorative post card marking the scrapping of the Seawolf (SSN-575), Snook (SSN-592), Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Henry Clay (SSBN-625) and Baton Rouge (SSN-689), 31 August 1997 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Commanding Officers
01CDR. Bucknell III, Howard, USN (USNA 1945)24.10.1961 - 23.02.1963 First Date in Commission
02CDR. Yates, William Kirby, USN (USNA 1948-A)23.02.1963 - 14.11.1964
03CDR. Watkins, James David, USN (USNA 1949) :ADM14.11.1964 - 03.09.1966
04CDR. Loposer Jr., Avery Kenneth (Ken), USN (USNA 1952)03.09.1966 - 05.08.1969
05CDR. Hussey, William Tidmarsh, USN05.08.1969 - 10.10.1972
06CDR. Cossey, James Donald, USN :RADM10.10.1972 - 12.05.1976
07CDR. Smith, Robert Cortland, USN (USNA 1961)12.05.1976 - 18.04.1979
08CDR. Lynch, James Richard, USN18.04.1979 - 25.07.1982
09CDR. Olsen, Curtis Wayne, USN (USNA 1966)25.07.1982 - 11.01.1985
10CDR. Oser, Eric Leroy, USN (USNA 1968)11.01.1985 - 16.10.1986 Last Date in Commission
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Video of the Launching of USS Snook SSN 592 via snook592.com
FAS - SSN-585 Skipjack Class
Decklog page for Snook (SSN-592) by William Lee.
Snook (SSN-592) Home Page by Bob Pettengill.
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