USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659)
- USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659)
USS "Will Rogers" (SSBN-659) was a "Benjamin Franklin"-class ballistic missile submarine—the last of the "41 for Freedom" Polaris submarines. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for humorist Will Rogers (1879–1935).
Her keel was laid down on 20 March 1965 at Groton, Connecticut, by the General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat Division. She was launched on 21 July 1966 sponsored by Muriel Buck Humphrey, the wife of Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey, and commissioned on 1 April 1967 with Captain R.Y. Kaufman and Commander W.J. Cowhill in command of the Blue and Gold crews respectively.
Following shakedown, "Will Rogers" culminated her initial training and work-up by conducting a successful Polaris shot in the Atlantic missile range off Cape Kennedy on 31 July 1967. In October of that year, the 41st and last Polaris submarine made her first deterrent deployment.
"Will Rogers" was based out of Groton, Connecticut, until 1974 when she shifted to a forward deployment at Rota, Spain. At this time she received a new commander, RADM John D. Butler. Also around this time, she was converted to carry Poseidon missiles, and her reactor was modified to use an S3G core 3. She conducted additional deterrent deployments from Rota over the next four years, into 1978, bringing the total number of patrols to 35.
:"14 years of operation history go here."
Deactivated while still in commission on 2 November 1992, "Will Rogers" entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington, the same day. Formally decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 April 1993, she finished the recycling program and ceased to exist on 12 August 1994.
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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w8/will_rogers.htm history.navy.mil: USS "Will Rogers"]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08659.htm navsource.org: USS "Will Rogers"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ssbn659.txt hazegray.org: USS "Will Rogers"]
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