uss andrew jackson (ssbn-619)

style="text-align: center" colspan="2"\|
tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\| USN Jack	style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\| Career
rdered:	23 July 1960
aid down:	26 April 1961
aunched:	15 September 1962
ommissioned:	3 July 1963
ecommissioned:	31 August 1989
ate:	submarine recycling
tricken:	31 August 1989
olspan=2 align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\|General Characteristics
ength:	1143.3 meters (3751 feet)
ropulsion:	S5W reactor
rmament:
otto:

USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seventh President of the United States. The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 July 1960 and her keel was laid down on 26 April 1961. She was launched on 15 September 1962 sponsored by Mrs. Estes Kefauver, and commissioned on 3 July 1963, with Commander Alfred J. Whittle in command of the Blue Crew and Commander James B. Wilson in command of the Gold Crew.

26 years of history go here

Andrew Jackson was decommissioned on 31 August 1989 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 August 1989. Ex-Andrew Jackson entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 30 August 1999 ceased to exist. See USS Andrew Jackson for other ships of the same name.

References

Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register. Andrew Jackson

Word Browser