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Uss Lapon (Ssn-661) | style="text-align: center" colspan="2"| | | tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| USN Jack | | rdered: | 24 October 1963 | | aid down: | 26 July 1965 | | aunched: | 16 December 1966 | | ommissioned: | 14 December 1967 | | ecommissioned: | 8 August 1992 | | ate: | submarine recycling | | tricken: | 8 August 1992 | | olspan=2 style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 3860 tons light, tons full | | ength: | 89 meters (292 feet) | | ropulsion: | S5W reactor | | rmament: | | | otto: | USS Lapon (SSN-661), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of North America. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 October 1963 and her keel was laid down on 26 July 1965. She was launched on 16 December 1966 sponsored by Mrs. Charles D. Griffin, and commissioned on 14 December 1967, with Commander Chester M. Mack in command. Upon commissioning, Lapon reported to Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet for duty, with her homeport at Norfolk, Virginia. She spent most of 1968 going through training programs and cruising along the East Coast of the United States. Into 1969, she prepared for a Mediterranean Sea deployment with the Sixth Fleet. - 23 years of history go here.
Deactivated while still in commission on 1 October 1991, Lapon was decommissioned on 25 June 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the following 8 August. Ex-Lapon entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 March 2003 and ceased to exist some time in 2004. See USS Lapon for other ships of the same name. References External links Lapon 661
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