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NICKNAME - "The Jimmy K."

MOTTO -

CLASS - (SSBN-640) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Ballistic Missile Submarine (6)

RECLASS - (SSN-645) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Attack Submarine - date unknown

AWARDED - 1962

BUILDER - Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT

IN COMMISSION - 1966 - 1999

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, April, 2000.

JAMES K. POLK Awards/Recognition -

JAMES K. POLK factoid - she was the thirty-fifth of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines.

USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN/SSN-645) LINKS

USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - USS James K. Polk Veterans Association site for "the Jimmy K.". Memorials, photos, ship's history, and reunion information. [ Seeq.com claims the domain is for sale, won't display the site. Fair warning, let's hang in awhile and see what shakes. COB (LINKS) ]
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - SubNet JAMES K. POLK stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn645.htm ]
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center JAMES K. POLK DANFS narrative page.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - Military.com SSBN submarine JAMES K. POLK Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" JAMES K. POLK page.
[ www.boomersailors.net/boats/41/645.php ] [Where hast thou gone, Boomersailors.net? COB (LINKS)]
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - a JAMES K. POLK narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN-645) - a Wikipedia.org JAMES K. POLK page.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN/SSN-645) - St. Marys Submarine Museum, Inc. and the latest with the USS JAMES K. POLK SSBN-645 Museum Display Project.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN/SSN-645) - the NavySite.de JAMES K. POLK page.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN/SSN-645) - 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 JAMES K. POLK (SSBN/SSN-645) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSN-645) - JAMES K. POLK Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSN-645) - Military.com SSN submarine JAMES K. POLK Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS JAMES K. POLK (SSN-645) - USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) and USS JAMES K. POLK (SSN-645) are belatedly profiled on this Globalsecurity.org page.

The name JAMES K. POLK is from the 11th President of the United States of America, born 2 November 1795, in Mecklenburg County, N.C. A leading Jacksonian Democrat in the Tennessee State Legislature, he was not yet 50 years old when inaugurated President of the United States 4 March 1845. He ably conducted the Mexican War following the annexation of Texas. The "Four Great Measures" he announced for his administration were all achieved: the reduction of tariff; the reestablishment of the Independent Treasury System; the settlement of the Oregon dispute with Great Britain; and the acquisition of California. More territory was added to the United States under Polk than any other President except Jefferson. Few presidents worked harder. His arduous and conscientious labor during his term so undermined his health that he died 15 June 1894, some 3 months after he left the White House.