The name STURGEON is from a large, bony-plated fish with an elongated body. It is found in both fresh and salt water, especially in the North Temperate Zone, and is an important source of caviar and isinglass. |
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CLASS - (SSN-637) STURGEON Attack Submarine (1) |
AWARDED - 1961 |
BUILDER - Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT |
IN COMMISSION - 1967 - 1994 |
DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, September, 1995. |
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USS STURGEON (SSN-637) LINKS
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - SubNet STURGEON stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssn637.htm ]
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center STURGEON DANFS narrative page.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - STURGEON Navy Vessel Register web page.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - a USSVI STURGEON artifact web page.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - the NavySite.de STURGEON page.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - Military.com submarine STURGEON Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - Shady's USS Sturgeon page.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - a STURGEON narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - a Wikipedia.org STURGEON page.
- USS STURGEON (SSN-637) - 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 STURGEON (SSN-637) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.
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