The USS Henry L. Stimson
(SSBN 655) was the 61st nuclear powered submarine and the 37th of its Polaris
submarine fleet. The ship is 425 feet long with a beam of 33 feet and
displaces approximately 8,000 tons submerged.
Henry L. Stimson began her waterborn career
November 13, 1965 when she was lunched at General Dynamics Corporation's
Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut. Fast, silent and virtually
immune to surprise attack, the Henry L. Stimson combines almost unlimited
endurance of nuclear power with the deterrent might of 16 A-3 Polaris missiles
capable of wreaking more havoc than all the bombs of World War II
Keel Laid - 4 April, 1964
Launched - 13 November, 1965
Commissioned - 20 August,
1966
Built By - General Dynamics
- Electric Boat Division
Sponsor - Mrs. Thomas
Dodd
Click here for the Blue
Commissioning Crew list.
Click here for the Gold
Commissioning Crew list.
Click here for
pictures on the Second Stimson Reunion
(Click on submarine to go to Stimson picture
page)
(Click On Insigne To See Crew
List)
The insigne as a whole is a
symbol of the highest organized
intellectual strength that Henry L.
Stimson possessed. The four stars represent the four presidents under whom he held cabinet positions.
The crossed swords represent his belief that to
keep peace you must be strong to resist
aggression and also the two tenures of office as Secretary of War. The torch is the torch of
dignity and statesmanship that
characterized the life of Henry L.
Stimson.
This page designed and updated by Neal I Anderson, former commissioning crew member from 1965 to the Fall of 1970 (eleven patrols) when I left the Navy.
Contact me at:
Neal I
Anderson
3326 Larchmore Avenue
Wayzata, MN 55391
or e-mail
nealandy@usfamily.net