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NICKNAME -

MOTTO - "Rivers Delivers"

CLASS - (SSN-637) STURGEON Attack Submarine (37)

AWARDED - 1969

BUILDER - Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA

IN COMMISSION - 1975 - 2001

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, July, 2002.

L. MENDEL RIVERS Awards/Recognition -

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USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) LINKS

USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - SubNet L. MENDEL RIVERS stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssn686.htm ]
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - L. MENDEL RIVERS Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - Ron's Submarine Covers - images of postcards related to significant events in the history of USS L. MENDEL RIVERS.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - SCICEX 2000 Cruise - USS L. MENDEL RIVERS operations log and cruise report (.pdf), along with other data from this study of the Arctic Ocean in October, 2000.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - ship's history, and narrative with photos of Warren Willis' life onboard.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - nice L. MENDEL RIVERS site and the naval tour of one bubblehead. This may duplicate info on the site above; it seems unsigned, so can't tell.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - article titled "USS L. Mendel Rivers Decommissions" with photos, SUBPAC Public Affairs, May 1, 2001.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - the NavySite.de L. MENDEL RIVERS page.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - Military.com submarine L. MENDEL RIVERS Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - a Wikipedia.org L. MENDEL RIVERS page.
USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - 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 L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.

The name L. MENDEL RIVERS is from Lucius Mendel Rivers (28 September 1905 – 28 December 1970), who was a United States Representative from South Carolina for nearly thirty years.
Born in Gumville, South Carolina, Rivers attended the public schools and the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. At the University of South Carolina at Columbia he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1932, and commenced practice in Charleston.
Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1933, Rivers served until 1936. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from South Carolina in 1936.
In 1941 Rivers was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from the Charleston-based 1st District, and was re-elected 15 more times. He was chairman of the Committee on Armed Services his last three terms. Rivers is one of numerous public officials known to have drinking problems during the time.
He is perhaps best known for declaring that Hugh Thompson was the only person who deserved to be punished for the massacre at My Lai.