USS PATRICK HENRY SSN 599 ex SSBN 599

SSN 599   PATRICK  HENRY   Bremerton   12 07 1994                       (  Original  b & w  negative in collection  )

SSN 599   PATRICK  HENRY
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE :  GEORGE WASHINGTON - CLASS  BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE  SSBN
LAID DOWN : 27 May 1958
LAUNCHED  : 22 September 1959
COMMISSIONED : 11 April 1960
DECOMMISSIONED : 25 May 1984 

In 1982 her ballistic missile tubes were disabled and was reclassified as attack submarine SSN 599.
Decommissioned on 25 May 1984 she was struck from the Naval Register on 16 December 1986.
Final destination Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton WA, for the NPSSRP who completed the recycling on 21 August 1997.

SSN 599   PATRICK  HENRY   Bremerton   12 07 1994               (  Original  b & w negative in collection )