USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)
- USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)
USS "L. Mendel Rivers" (SSN-686), a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for L. Mendel Rivers. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 July 1969 and her keel was laid down on 26 June 1971. She was launched on 2 June 1973 sponsored by L. Mendel Rivers two daughters, Margaret Rivers Eastman and Marion Rivers, and commissioned on 1 February 1975, with Commander Roderic L. Wolfe in command.
"Mendel Rivers" was fitted with a dry-deck shelter (DDS): a modification containing a hyperbaric chamber, airlock and vehicle hangar that allowed deployment of the SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV).
"L. Mendel Rivers" was decommissioned on 10 May 2001 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 May 2001. Ex-"L. Mendel Rivers" entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 19 July 2002 ceased to exist.
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