uss woodrow wilson (ssbn-624)

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tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\| USN Jack	style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\| Career
rdered:	9 February 1961
aid down:	13 September 1961
aunched:	22 February 1963
ommissioned:	27 December 1963
ecommissioned:	1 September 1994
ate:	submarine recycling
tricken:	1 September 1994
olspan=2 align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\|General Characteristics
ength:	1143.3 meters (3751 feet)
ropulsion:	S5W reactor
rmament:
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USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 28th President of the United States. The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 9 February 1961 and her keel was laid down on 13 September 1961. She was launched on 22 February 1963 sponsored by Miss Eleanor Axson Sayre, and commissioned on 27 December 1963, with Commander Cleo N. Mitchell in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Walter N. Dietzen in command of the Gold Crew.

20½ years of history go here

Woodrow Wilson was decommissioned on 1 September 1994 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 September 1994. Ex-Woodrow Wilson entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 26 September 1997 and on 27 October 1998 ceased to exist.

References

Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register. Woodrow Wilson

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