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The name FRANCIS SCOTT KEY is from the United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled 'The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843).

NICKNAME -

MOTTO - "FIRST IN A NEW AGE FOR PEACE"

CLASS - (SSBN-640) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Ballistic Missile Submarine (10)

AWARDED - 1963

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

IN COMMISSION - 1966 - 1993

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, September, 1995.

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY Awards/Recognition -

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY factoid - she was the thirty-ninth of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines.

USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) LINKS

USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - SubNet FRANCIS SCOTT KEY stats and photo page.
[ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn657.htm ]
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - FRANCIS SCOTT KEY Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - the NavySite.de FRANCIS SCOTT KEY page.
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - Military.com submarine FRANCIS SCOTT KEY Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - a FRANCIS SCOTT KEY home page.
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - a FRANCIS SCOTT KEY page that lists the plankowners from December 3, 1966 by Charles Burrow.
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" FRANCIS SCOTT KEY page.
[ www.boomersailors.net/boats/41/657.php ] [Where hast thou gone, Boomersailors.net? COB (LINKS)]
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - a Wikipedia.org FRANCIS SCOTT KEY page.
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - 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 FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.