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Uss Daniel Boone (Ssbn-629) | style="text-align: center" colspan="2"| | | tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| USN Jack | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | | rdered: | 21 July 1961 | | aid down: | 6 February 1962 | | aunched: | 22 June 1963 | | ommissioned: | 23 April 1964 | | ecommissioned: | 18 February 1994 | | ate: | submarine recycling | | tricken: | 18 February 1994 | | olspan=2 align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|General Characteristics | | ength: | 1143.3 meters (3751 feet) | | ropulsion: | S5W reactor | | rmament: | | | otto: | New Trails to Blaze | USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pioneer and frontiersman. The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 21 July 1961 and her keel was laid down on 6 February 1962. She was launched on 22 June 1963 sponsored by Mrs. James H. Wakelin, Jr., and commissioned on 23 April 1964, with Commander George P. Steele, III, in command of the Blue Crew and Lieutenant Commander Alan B. Crabtree in command of the Gold Crew. - 30 year of history go here
On 7 April 1987 Daniel Boone ran aground in the James River at Newport News, Virginia. Daniel Boone was decommissioned on 18 February 1994 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 February 1994. Ex-Daniel Boone entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 4 November 1994 ceased to exist. References Daniel Boone
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