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The name DANIEL BOONE (1734-1820) is from the famous early American frontiersman, pioneer, guide, explorer and legendary hero who helped blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, a notch in the Appalachian Mountains near the juncture of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. |
NICKNAME - |
MOTTO - "NEW TRAILS TO BLAZE" |
CLASS - (SSBN-616) LAFAYETTE Ballistic Missile Submarine (12) |
AWARDED - 1961 |
BUILDER - Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA |
IN COMMISSION - 1964 - 1994 |
DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, November, 1994. |
DANIEL BOONE Awards/Recognition - Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (from 12/64 through 02/68) Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (from 01/91 through 12/92) Navy "E" Ribbon (SubRon 16 Battle E Award winner, 1992) National Defense Service Medal (two awards for 1964-1974, 1990-1994). |
DANIEL BOONE factoid - she was the twenty-second of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines. |
USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) LINKS
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - Terry L. Pattison's DANIEL BOONE site.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - "New Trails to Blaze" by Webmaster Patrick St. Romain.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - "New Trails to Blaze" by Webmaster Patrick St. Romain. This site appears to mirror the one above.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - SubNet DANIEL BOONE stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn629.htm ]
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - DANIEL BOONE Navy Vessel Register web page.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - the NavySite.de DANIEL BOONEpage.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - Military.com submarine DANIEL BOONE Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - Pride Runs Deep - Remembrances of a Submariner; the home of a former member of the blue crew of the USS Daniel Boone SSBN 629, Jack Dent. Great nav bar graphic, too!
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - a DANIEL BOONE site by Terry L. Pattison.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" DANIEL BOONE page.
[ www.boomersailors.net/boats/41/629.php ] [Where hast thou gone, Boomersailors.net? COB (LINKS)]
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - a Wikipedia.org DANIEL BOONE page.
- USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - 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 DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.
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