Mare Island Museum > USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO SSBN 658
Mare Island Museum > USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO SSBN 658
USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), was a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was named for Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–1890), a key proponent of California statehood. The boat's service extended from 1966 until 1995.
The contract to build Mariano G. Vallejo was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 8 August 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 7 July 1964. She was launched on 23 October 1965, sponsored by Miss Patricia O. V. McGettigan, and commissioned on 16 December 1966, with Commander Douglas B. Guthe commanding the Blue Crew and Commander John K. Nunneley commanding the Gold Crew.
Mariano G. Vallejo was both decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 March 1995. Her scrapping via the U.S. Navy's Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington, began on 1 October 1994 and was completed on 22 December 1995.
Mariano G. Vallejo's sail was preserved, and has been on the waterfront at Mare Island since 1995. It is slated to become part of a memorial there. In addition to the preservation of the sail, the control room of the Mariano G. Vallejo is being reconstructed within the Mare Island Museum including a fully operational periscope from the Mariano G. Vallejo.
Mare Island Museum > USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO SSBN 658
Mare Island Museum > USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO SSBN 658
USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), was a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was named for Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–1890), a key proponent of California statehood. The boat's service extended from 1966 until 1995.
The contract to build Mariano G. Vallejo was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 8 August 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 7 July 1964. She was launched on 23 October 1965, sponsored by Miss Patricia O. V. McGettigan, and commissioned on 16 December 1966, with Commander Douglas B. Guthe commanding the Blue Crew and Commander John K. Nunneley commanding the Gold Crew.
Mariano G. Vallejo was both decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 March 1995. Her scrapping via the U.S. Navy's Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington, began on 1 October 1994 and was completed on 22 December 1995.
Mariano G. Vallejo's sail was preserved, and has been on the waterfront at Mare Island since 1995. It is slated to become part of a memorial there. In addition to the preservation of the sail, the control room of the Mariano G. Vallejo is being reconstructed within the Mare Island Museum including a fully operational periscope from the Mariano G. Vallejo.