DACE SSN 607

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.

Thresher Class Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine Keel Laid 6 June 1960 - Launched 18 August 1962 USS DACE SSN-607 Commissioned 4 April 1964 - Deactivated 27 February 1988 Decommissioned 2 December 1988 Struck from Naval Register 2 December 1988 Disposed of through Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dace SSN-607 Covers Page 1     (1964-1987)

 

Postmarks

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

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS) Locy Type 9efu USS Vermilion AKA-107

1964-07-04

Welcome to Norfolk

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1984-04-04

N/A

20th Anniversary, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "DEACTIVATED" Bremerton, WA

1988-02-27

Deactivation, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96662-1163) USS California CGN-36

1997-02-05

Scrapping is completed at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA on the USS Dace SSN-607, USS Whale SSN-638, USS Puffer SSN-652 and the USS Bergall SSN-667
Tom Armstrong

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Any of many small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family.

There has been two submarines of the US Navy that have borne the name DACE - USS Dace SS-247 and USS Dace SSN-607.

The ships sponsor was Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr.

 

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