A History of the Submarines Built at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 2, Page 15

USS Sargo SSN-583
Sargo class
Launched October 10, 1957

Upper: Launch cover, sponsored by Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors, shipyard machine postmark.
Lower: Commissioning cover, sponsored by Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors, shipyard machine postmark.

Cover 684: Sargo SSN-583, October 10, 1957

Cover 685: Sargo SSN-583, October 1, 1958

First nuclear submarine built at Mare Island. Length of 268', displacement 2,861 tons. First to surface at the North Pole February 9, 1960 during a 11,000 mile cruise with 6,000 miles under the ice. Operated in the Pacific until decommissioning February 26, 1988. Entered the scrap/recycling program April 1994, with completion on April 5, 1995.

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Last Updated: March 24, 2002
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