The name WHALE is from any of the larger cetacean mammals that are warm-blooded and have a streamlined body and breathe through a blowhole on the head. |
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CLASS - (SSN-637) STURGEON Attack Submarine (2) |
AWARDED - 1961 |
BUILDER - General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA |
IN COMMISSION - 1968 - 1996 |
DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, September, 1997. |
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USS WHALE (SSN-638) LINKS
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - SubNet WHALE stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssn638.htm ]
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center WHALE DANFS narrative page.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - WHALE Navy Vessel Register web page.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - the NavySite.de WHALE page.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - Military.com submarine WHALE Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - a WHALE narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - a Wikipedia.org WHALE page.
- USS WHALE (SSN-638) - 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 WHALE (SSN-638) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.
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