USS Tautog (SSN-639)

The USS Tautog (SSN -639 ) was a nuclear submarine in the service of the United States Navy and was part of the Sturgeon class.

History

Construction

The Tautog was commissioned in 1961 and placed at the beginning of 1964 Ingalls Shipbuilding keel. In April 1967, the boat was launched and was put into service in August of the following year. Godmother of the boat was the wife of Albert Gore, Sr.

The boat made ​​from first test drives of Pearl Harbor. In early 1969, first repairs were carried out in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, among other things, had to be replaced the defective diesel generator. Mid- 1970 was then ready for the boat.

Accident

On 20 June 1970, the Tautog was operating before the Soviet submarine base at Petropavlovsk -Kamchatsky. The boat wanted to pursue the outgoing K- 108, a submarine of the Echo II class. When the K -108 " Angles and Dangles " full led, the two boats collided violently. The Tautog was looking directly after the length, you could hear noises which suggested that K -108 was sunk. When the Tautog arrived at Pearl Harbor, they found all the pieces of one of the screws of the Soviet submarine in the remains of the Tower of Tautog. It was not until 30 years later became known in the West that the K -108 had survived the incident and reached their home port without loss.

Decommissioning

In 1997, the Tautog was decommissioned. 2003 saw the demolition of the boat, which was completed in mid 2004. Only the tower was preserved and is in Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas issued.