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

Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 3, Page 11

USS Gurnard SSN-662
Sturgeon class
Launched May 20, 1967

Upper: Launch cover, sponsored by Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors, shipyard handstamp postmark.
Lower: Commissioning cover, cachet sponsored by USS Saginaw Chapter USCS, shipyard handstamp postmark.

Cover 710: Gurnard SSN 662, May 20, 1967

Cover 711: Gurnard SSN 662, December 6, 1968

Sturgeon class attack submarine, length 292', displacement 4,600 tons. Served in Pacific, deployed to Vietnam area 1971. Surfaced North Pole April 14, 1976. Deployed to Indian Ocean during Iranian Hostage crisis 1981. Under Arctic ice 44 days 1984. Third United States submarine to circumnavigate North America 1990. Decommissioned April 28, 1995. Scrapping/recycling October 15, 1997.

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Last Updated: March 24, 2002
Copyright 2002 Steve Shay (used with permission)