BATON ROUGE SSN 689

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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.


    Los Angeles Class Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine
    Keel Laid 8 January 1971 - Launched 26 April 1975

  1. USS BATON ROUGE SSN-689
    Commissioned 25 June 1977 - Decommissioned 13 January 1995

    Struck from Naval Register 13 January 1995
    Disposed of through NPSSRP 30 September 1997


Naval Covers

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  1. USS Baton Rouge SSN-689 Covers Page 1    (1972-1995)

 


Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

"CHRISTENING OF /
THE USS /
BATON ROUGE"

Newport News, VA

1975-04-26

Christening & Launching. Cachet by the USS Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Last Day In /
Commission Sta."

Vallejo CA

1995-01-13

Decommissioning. SASE by Rich Hoffner

 

Other Information

USS Baton Rouge earned two Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbons during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Felix Edward Hebert, wife of Mr. Felix Hebert, United States Representative from the First District and the former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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