Simon Lake (AS 33) Class: Photographs
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USS Simon Lake (AS 33) Underway off Oahu, Hawaii, in January 1965. Photo No. KN-11036 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Simon Lake (AS 33) Probably photographed at the beginning of her career accompanied by the new Navy yard tug Arcata (YTB 768), which was assigned to the 13th Naval District where Simon Lake was built. Arcata entered service in March 1965. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-282) |
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USS Simon Lake (AS 33) Probably photographed near the beginning of her career. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Canopus (AS 34) Photographed on 13 October 1965 by her builder, Ingalls SB Corp. of Pascagoula, Miss. Photo No. USN 1113499 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Canopus (AS 34) Photographed on 13 October 1965 by her builder, Ingalls SB Corp. of Pascagoula, Miss. Note the break in the superstructure amidships for the ship's 20 vertical missile storage tubes. Photo No. USN 1113867 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Canopus (AS 34) An overhead view of the ship, probably on builder's trials circa October 1965. Photo No. BUSHIPS 171435, NAID 7576362 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-NN, negatives) |
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USS Simon Lake (AS 33) USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) taking on Trident C-4 missiles from Simon Lake at Kings Bay, Georgia on 2 October 1981. The canister for one missile has been secured over a missile tube on the submarine and one of the tender's two missile cranes is transferring a second missile in its canister to the submarine. Photo No. DN-SC-82-00002 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Simon Lake (AS 33) Moored at Kings Bay, Georgia, on 1 December 1981 while providing refit, repair, and supply functions for the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) of Submarine Squadron 16. Photo No. DN-ST-82-02303 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Simon Lake (AS 33) At Holy Loch, Scotland, with the floating drydock AFDB 7 (four sections) astern, two ballistic missile submarines alongside, and a variety of support craft including a floating crane and the civilian garbarge lighter Kinshasa off her bow. The photo was received by the Naval Historical Center from the ship in June 1992. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USS Canopus (AS 34) At the destroyer and submarine piers at Norfolk, Va., on 2 October 1993 with a Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine across the pier. Photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Photo No. DN-SC-94-00023 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Canopus (AS 34) Moored on the north side of one of the D&S piers at Norfolk, Va., on 21 May 1994. Photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Photo No. DN-SC-95-00752 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USS Canopus (AS 34) Moored on the north side of one of the D&S piers at Norfolk, Va., on 21 May 1994 with several Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines moored on the south side of the pier. Photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Photo No. DN-ST-95-00965 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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