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The name SAM HOUSTON (1793-1863) is from the American politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States.

NICKNAME -

MOTTO - "TRY ME"

CLASS - (SSBN-608) ETHAN ALLEN Ballistic Missile Submarine (2)

RECLASS - (SSN-609) ETHAN ALLEN Attack Submarine - 10 November 1980

AWARDED - 1959

BUILDER - Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA

IN COMMISSION - 1962 - 1991

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, February, 1992.

SAM HOUSTON Awards/Recognition -

SAM HOUSTON factoid - she was the seventh of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines.

USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN/SSN-609) LINKS

USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - SubNet SAM HOUSTON stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn609.htm ]
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SAM HOUSTON DANFS narrative page.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - a Neohumanism.org SAM HOUSTON page.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - Military.com SSBN submarine SAM HOUSTON Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" SAM HOUSTON page.
[ www.boomersailors.net/boats/41/609.php ] [Where hast thou gone, Boomersailors.net? COB (LINKS)]
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - SAM HOUSTON specs, history, photos by Larry Derouin.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - a SAM HOUSTON narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) - a Wikipedia.org SAM HOUSTON page.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN/SSN-609) - a SAM HOUSTON home page by Bob Vaughan. His main page tells that he began his "eternal patrol" on October 31, 2005; since there will be nobody available to maintain or update the site, it will be coming down in 60 - 90 days. [I'm leaving the link here as long as it is hot. COB (LINKS)]
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN/SSN-609) - the NavySite.de SAM HOUSTON page.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN/SSN-609) - a USSVI Ship's Profile page w/Classification, Characteristics, Key Dates, Reunion/Association, Crew Lists (available on DeckLog), History, Internet Associations and Reunions, Photo and Patch.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN/SSN-609) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSN-609) - SAM HOUSTON Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS SAM HOUSTON (SSN-609) - Military.com SSN submarine SAM HOUSTON Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?