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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 21 - USS Seawolf |
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Type,
class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN;
Seawolf class Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: January 9, 1989 Laid down: October 25, 1989 Launched: June 24, 1995 Commissioned: July 19, 1997 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington, USA Namesake: Anarhichas Lupus (Atlantic Wolffish or Seawolf) Ships Motto: CAVE LUPUM (beware the wolf) Technical Data: see: INFO > Seawolf class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 change of command ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - May 2023  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - December 14, 2022  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - December 14, 2022  Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam - August 2022  Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam - August 2022  Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam - August 2022  ammunition onload at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington - March 2022  ammunition onload at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington - March 2022  arriving at Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - January 2022  Pacific Ocean - June 2021  Pacific Ocean - June 2021  departing Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - June 2021  departing Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - June 2021  Gibraltar - December 2020  Norwegian Sea - August 2020  Norwegian Sea - August 2020  Norwegian Sea - August 2020  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - August 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - August 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - August 2015  Arctic Ocean - July 2015  Arctic Ocean - July 2015  Arctic Ocean - July 2015  Arctic Ocean - July 2015  Arctic Ocean - July 2015  Norwegian Sea - June 2015  departing Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - January 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - January 2014  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - January 2014  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - May 2009  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington after a homeport shift from Groton, Connecticut - July 22, 2007  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington after a homeport shift from Groton, Connecticut - July 22, 2007  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for the last time for her journey to her new homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - June 15, 2007  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for the last time - June 2007  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for the last time - June 2007  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for the last time - June 2007  Apra Harbor, Guam - October 2006  commissioning ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - July 19, 1997  commissioning ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - July 19, 1997  commissioning ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - July 19, 1997  during trials - July 1997  during trials - July 1997  approaching Port Canaveral, Florida while on trials - July 1997  undated  bravo sea trials - September 1996  bravo sea trials - September 1996  bravo sea trials - September 1996  bravo sea trials - September 1996  bravo sea trials - September 1996  bravo sea trials - September 1996  bravo sea trials - September 1996  departing Groton, Connecticut for bravo sea trials - September 1996  trials - June 1996  trials - June 1996  under construction at General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut |
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USS Seawolf (SSN 21): The third Seawolf (SSN-21) was laid down at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut; launched on 24 June 1995; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret O. Dalton, wife of Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton; and commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, on 19 July 1997, Capt. David M. McCall in command. USS Seawolf was a product of the Cold War, designed as a replacement for the Los Angeles-class submarines and as a response to the Soviet Akula class. According to the Navy's "Undersea Warfare" magazine, Seawolf is quieter at high speed than a Los Angeles submarine is pierside. Originally 29 were planned for production, but with the end of the Cold War, the cost was judged to be prohibitively high and only three were built (Seawolf, Connecticut, and Jimmy Carter) in favor of the smaller Virginia-class submarines, which were expected to be about 10% cheaper. Between 25-27 March 2006, a series of anti-submarine warfare exercises were held in Hawaiian waters that included Seawolf; Carrier Strike Group Nine; the nuclear-powered attack submarines Cheyenne, Greeneville, Tucson, and Pasadena, as well as land-based P-3 Orion aircraft from patrol squadrons VP-4, VP-9, and VP-47. On 22 July 2007, the submarine transferred from her previous homeport of Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, to permanently reside at SubBase Bangor in Silverdale, Washington. Adding support personnel as well as ship's crew, there are 140 personnel attached to Seawolf. USS Seawolf featured in a 1998 episode of the documentary Super Structures of the World: Seawolf. The programme followed her construction and sea trials. Seawolf shifted from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet when she changed her home port from Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., to Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., from 15 June - 22 July 2007. In 2015, Seawolf was deployed to the Arctic region for six months. In July 2020 Seawolf deployed into the Arctic area of responsibility. She conducted special operations and pulled into multiple European ports. Port calls included HMNB Clyde in Faslane Scotland, and Gibraltar, and briefly in Tromso Norway. Seawolf's deployment was the first US Navy deployment during the coronavirus pandemic. former boats: SSN 575 USS Seawolf (the second built nuclear Submarine) SS 197 USS Seawolf (a Sargo class Submarine - lost in 1944) sources: US Naval History & Heritage Command / wikipedia |
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The Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) ... also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel (the common name for its Pacific relative), woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae, native to the North Atlantic Ocean. The numbers of the Atlantic wolffish in US waters are rapidly being depleted, most likely due to overfishing and bycatch, and it is currently a Species of Concern according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service. Apart from their unique appearance wolffish are distinguished by the natural antifreeze they produce to keep their blood moving fluidly in their very cold habitat, involvement by both the male and female in brood bearing, and the large size of their eggs. They are also an important factor in controlling green crab and sea urchin populations, which can become overly disruptive to habitats if left unchecked. Wolffish population success is also an important indicator of the health of other bottom-dweller populations, such as Atlantic cod. |
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