A History of the Submarines Built at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 3, Page 9
USS Kamehameha SSBN-642
Benjamin Franklin class (No reported postmarks)
Launched January 16, 1965
Upper: Commissioning cover, sponsored by USS Saginaw Chapter USCS,
shipyard handstamp postmark.
Lower: Launch cover, cachet sponsored by Mare Island Naval Shipyard
National Association of Supervisors, commanding officer's autograph,
shipyard handstamp postmark.
Commissioned December 10, 1965, length of 425', displacement 7,325 tons.
Operated in Pacific from Guam until 1969.
Transferred to Atlantic operating out of Charleston, South Carolina
and Rota, Spain through 1986.
After 63 deterrent patrols, missile systems inactivated July, 1992
and converted to troop carrying submarine at Mare Island.
Redesignated SSN-642, scheduled for decommissioning October, 2001,
last of the Mare Island built submarines still in service.
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Last Updated: March 24, 2002
Copyright 2002 Steve Shay (used with permission)