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1' USS SEADRAGON 1 Q' SSN 584
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VVESTPAC CRUISE 1966-1967 USS SEAD RAGQN SSN-584
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The present USS SEADRAGON QSSN 5841 is the second ship of the U.S. Navy to bear that name. The first, USS SEA- DRAGON fSS 1941 was built and com- missioned prior to World War Il and served throughout that war with great distinction. She completed twelve war patrols and accounted for over 82,000 tons of enemy shipping sunk, plus 90,000 tons damaged. She was decommissioned in Boston in 1946. The keel of USS SEADRAGON QSSN 5841 was laid at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 20 June 1956. The ship was launched on 16 August 1958 and commissioned on 5 December 1959. Under the command of LCDR George P. Steele, USN, the SEADRAGON departed Portsmouth for her new home in the Pacific via the Northwest Passage and the North Pole. On arrival in the Pacific, she slipped into the submarine routine and completed a WESTPAC deployment. On 27 May, 1961, LCDR C. Daniel Summitt, became SEA- DRAGON's second Commanding Officer. On 31 July 1962 SEADRAGON and USS SKATE QSSN 5781 rendezvoused under the Arctic Ice Pack and together proceeded to the North Pole. SEADRAGON returned to Pearl SEADRAGON and SKATE at Pole. Harbor from this epic mission via the Seattle World's Fair. On 1 December 1962 LCDR D. AB. Guthe, USN, became SEA- DRAGON's third Commanding Officer. After a short deployment in the Western Pacific, SEADRAGON entered Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in July 1963 for refueling and overhaul. On completion ofthe overhaul in May 1964, she participated in local operations before deploying to the Western Pacific from August 1964 to March 1965. During this deployment SEADRAGON was the first nuclear submarine in Hong Kong and in Japan. While deployed, on 11 February 1965, CDR R. E. Engle became SEA- DRAGON's fourth commanding Officer, SEADRAGON deployed to WESTPAC again in September 1965 but was able to be in Pearl for Christmas. A three month visit was paid to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in early 1966 to effect repairs to the main reduction gears. Local operations and Upkeeps in the Pearl Harbor Area prepared SEADRAGON for her fifth deployment to WESTPAC on 20 August 1966. This deployment was com- pleted on 23 March 1967 and is the subject of this Cruise Book. SEADRAGON going through the Northwest Passage.
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