USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658)

USS "Mariano G. Vallejo" (SSBN-658), a "Benjamin Franklin"-class ballistic missile submarine, was named for Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, a key proponent of California statehood.

The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 8 August 1963 and her keel was laid down on 7 July 1964. She was launched on 23 October 1965 sponsored by Miss Patricia O.V. McGettigan, and commissioned on 16 December 1966, with Commander Douglas B. Guthe commanding the Blue Crew and Commander John K. Nunneley commanding the Gold Crew.

"Mariano G. Vallejo" conducted shakedown and training exercises along the West Coast, in the Caribbean Sea, and off the coast of
Florida. Transiting the Panama Canal for the second time on 21 March 1967, she headed for her assigned home port, Pearl Harbor. Arriving 10 April, she continued training exercises and sound trials, then returned briefly to Mare Island. Thence, she sailed back to Pearl Harbor, becoming, as of 1 August, an on-the-line unit of Submarine Squadron 15.

"27 years of deterrent patrols go here"

"Mariano G. Vallejo" was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 March 1995. Ex-"Mariano G. Vallejo" entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 1994 and on 22 December 1995 ceased to exist. Her sail was preserved and is slated to become part of a memorial at Mare Island.

Sail still sitting on Mare Island untouched(Sf, CA)-witnessed and photographed 8/29/07Google 38° 5'51.10"N/122°15'58.14"W Dry Land

References

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m4/mariano_g_vallejo.htm history.navy.mil: USS "Mariano G. Vallejo"]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08658.htm navsource.org: USS "Mariano G. Vallejo"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ssbn658.txt hazegray.org: USS "Mariano G. Vallejo"]
* [http://www.ssbn658.org ssbn658.org: USS "Mariano G. Vallejo Official Website"]