USS Lapon (SSN-661)

USS Lapon (SSN-661)

USS "Lapon" (SSN-661), a "Sturgeon"-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast of North America.

The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 October 1963 and her keel was laid down on 26 July 1965. She was launched on 16 December 1966 sponsored by Mrs. Charles D. Griffin, and commissioned on 14 December 1967, with Commander Chester M. Mack in command.

History

Upon commissioning, "Lapon" reported to Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet for duty, with her homeport at Norfolk, Virginia. She spent most of 1968 going through training programs and cruising along the East Coast of the United States. Into 1969, she prepared for a Mediterranean Sea deployment with the Sixth Fleet.

Timeline, 1968–1991

1968 Meritorious Unit Commendation

1969 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Presidential Unit Citation, Submarine Division 62 Battle Efficiency "E"

1970 Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for Operational Proficiency, for the Atlantic Fleet. Submarine Division 63 Battle Efficiency "E". Change of Command, September 8, Cdr. G. E. Green, commanding.

1973 Navy Unit Commendation.

1974 Change of Command, 6 April, Cdr. P. Wilkins, commanding.

1977 Change of Command, 29 October, Capt. T. R. Murray, commanding.

1979 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Submarine Squadron Six ASW/Operations "A", Submarine Squadron Six Engineering "E".

1981 Change of Command, 22 May, Capt J. S. Baumstark, commanding.

1982 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Submarine Squadron Six ASW/Operations "A".

1983 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Battle Efficiency "E".

1985 Change of command, March 1985, Cdr. J. J. Mackin, commanding. Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Battle Efficiency "E".

1988 Arctic Expedition Ribbon, ICEX 88. Change of Command, Cdr. Peter Flannery, commanding.

1990 Change of Command, Cdr. Thomas M. Fursman, commanding.

1991 Navy Battle Efficiency "E". Deactivated while still in commission on 1 October.

Deactivated while still in commission on 1 October 1991, "Lapon" was decommissioned on 25 June 1992 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the following 8 August. Ex-"Lapon" entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 1 March 2003 and ceased to exist 31 August 2004."Lapon"'s sail was memorialized at American Legion Post 639, in Springfield, Missouri.

References

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l4/lapon-ii.htm history.navy.mil: USS "Lapon"]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08661.htm navsource.org: USS "Lapon"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ssn661.txt hazegray.org: USS "Lapon"]

* [http://www.usslapon.com/usslapon/index.html USS "Lapon" website]


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