SEAWOLF SSN 575

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.

Seawolf Class Submarine Keel Laid September 7 1953 - Launched July 21 1955 USS SEAWOLF SSN-575 Commissioned March 30 1957 - Decommissioned December 12 1958 Recommissioned September 30 1960 - Decommissioned March 30 1987 Struck from Naval Register July 10 1987 Disposed through Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., September 30 1997.

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1955-87)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Machine Groton, Conn

1955-07-21

Launching

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NO SEAWOLF POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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USPO Machine Groton, CONN.

1957-03-30

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USPO Machine Groton, Conn.

1959-10-12

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USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth, N.H.

1966-01-20

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USPS Pictorial "USS Seawolf Station" Mare Island CA

1987-03-30

Decommissioning, cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial "USS Seawolf Station" Mare Island CA

1987-03-30

Decommissioning

 

Locy Type 9 USS Nimitz CVN-68

1997-07-01

At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA, SCRAPPING is completed on the USS Seawolf SSN-575, USS Snook SSN-592, USS Patrick Henry SSN-599, USS Henry Clay SSBN-625 and the USS Baton Rouge SSN-689. Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look.

Four submarines of the US Navy have borne the name SEAWOLF - USS Seawolf (renamed H-1) SS-28, USS Seawolf SS-197, USS Seawolf SSN-575 and USS Seawolf SSN-21.

 

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