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

Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 3, Page 5

USS Andrew Jackson SSB(N)-619
Lafayette class (No reported postmarks)
Launched September 15, 1962

Upper: Launch cover, sponsored by Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors, shipyard handstamp postmark.
Lower: Commissioning cover, ship's cachet, shipyard handstamp postmark.

Cover 696: Andrew Jackson SSBN 619, September 15, 1962

Cover 697: Andrew Jackson SSBN 619, July 3, 1963

Lafayette class submarine, length 425', displacement 8,251 tons, capable of carrying 16 Polaris missiles. Commissioned July 3, 1963, decommissioned August 28, 1989 and scrapped/recycled August 30, 1999.

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