DANIEL BOONE SSBN 629

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Keel Laid February 6 1962 - Launched June 22 1963 USS DANIEL BOONE SSBN-629 Commissioned April 23 1964 - Decommissioned February 18 1994 Struck from Naval Register February 18 1994 Disposed of through the NPSSRP November 4 1994

Naval Covers

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1. USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629 Covers Page 1    (1964-93)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

 

USPO 1-bar Mare Island, CA

1963-06-22

N/A

Launching. Cachet by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) USS PROTEUS AS-19

1968-04-08

First Gold Patrol

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel SUBMARINE BASE STA. Groton, CT

1976-03-08

Port Visit

 

USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral, FL

1978-05-15

Missile test

 

USPS 1-bar Mare Island CA

1979-04-23

N/A

15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

 

USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA

1993-11-04

Scrapping program is started for the USS John C. Calhoun SSBN-630, USS Greenlee SSN-614, USS Casimir Pulaski SSBN-633 and USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA
Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

Other Information

USS DANIEL BOONE earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy "E" Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Daniel Boone (October 22 1734 – September 26 1820]
An American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

 

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