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Across 30 years of service, USS Parche accumulated nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Commendations and 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals — more than...
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Across 30 years of service, USS Parche accumulated nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Commendations and 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals — more than...
For three decades, the Sturgeon-class submarines were the U.S. Navy's quiet Cold War hunters, trailing Soviet missile boats and tapping their undersea cables in...
In 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a state-of-the-art U.S. Navy nuclear submarine at the time, sank while still docked. Thankfully, no lives were lost,...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine, famously sank at its dock in May 1969 due to “culpable negligence”...
Key Points: The Sturgeon-class submarines were Cold War heroes for the U.S. Navy, specializing in intelligence gathering, special operations, and anti-submarine warfare. With a...
On May 15, 1969, the then still-under-construction Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro sank while undergoing her fitting out at the Mare Island site...
Nuclear deterrence is one of the U.S. military’s top priorities, and submarines are critical components in maintaining it. The U.S. would deploy these submarines...