USS Stonewall Jackson
USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) off Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, on 1 February 1991.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson |
Ordered | 21 July 1961 |
Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California |
Laid down | 4 July 1962 |
Launched | 30 November 1963 |
Sponsored by | Miss Julia Christian McAfee |
Commissioned | 26 August 1964 |
Decommissioned | 9 February 1995 |
Stricken | 9 February 1995 |
Motto | Strength - Mobility |
Nickname(s) | "Stoney J" |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 13 October 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | James Madison-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Installed power | S5W reactor |
Propulsion | 2 × geared steam turbines, one shaft 15,000 shp (11,185 kW) |
Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 m) |
Complement | Two crews (Blue and Gold) of 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
Armament |
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USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634, active 1963–1995), a
Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Stonewall Jackson was awarded to
Service history
Stonewall Jackson departed Vallejo on 3 September 1964 for her
In June 1965, the Gold Crew relieved the Blue Crew at Apra Harbor, Guam. For the next five years Stonewall Jackson conducted deterrent patrols from Apra Harbor.
In the spring of 1970, Stonewall Jackson was reassigned to the
Stonewall Jackson spent the second half of May 1970 in upkeep at New London, then headed south on 1 June 1970. She stopped at the
The installation of the new missile system was completed by 29 October 1971, when the Blue Crew began preparations to put to sea. Between October 1971 and March 1972, both the Blue Crew and the Gold Crew conducted their shakedown cruises off the southeastern coast of the United States. Stonewall Jackson returned to Groton on 4 March 1971 and, on 8 March, commenced post-shakedown repairs and alterations at the General Dynamics shipyard.
On 7 April 1971, Stonewall Jackson got underway for Charleston for ballistic missile loading in preparation for her first post-conversion and first Atlantic deterrent patrol.
Stonewall Jackson was based at Holy Loch, Scotland, for patrol duties until mid-1978. She returned to the United States for an extensive overhaul at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Shipyard and was fitted with the Trident C-4 missile system at Pier side Port Canaveral, Florida in late 1988. 1988-1990 in Charleston, SC is where she deployed for patrols. She then operated out of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, until her final patrol in 1994.[3]
Decommissioning and disposal
Stonewall Jackson was
Notes
^a The earlier two were known simply as USS Stonewall.
References
- ^ "Launching Program - Stonewall Jackson SSBN 634" (PDF). NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
Miss Julia Christian McAfee, 16, of Ponta Vedra, Florida, is the Great Great Granddaughter of the late General T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson... Her grandmother, Mrs. Randolph Preston, of Highpoint, N.C., the only living grandchild of Stonewall Jackson, is her Matron of Honor. Julia, like her mother and grandmother, was named for the only child of General Jackson.
- ^ "Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)". NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
Portrait of Miss Julia McAfee, great-great-granddaughter of General Stonewall Jackson and the Sponsor of the launching of the Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634).
- ^ Bigger, Nathan W. (2008). "Official home page of the USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)". home.roadrunner.com. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- Photo gallery of USS Stonewall Jackson at NavSource Naval History – Keel Laying - Launching
- Photo gallery of USS Stonewall Jackson at NavSource Naval History – Commissioning
- Photo gallery of USS Stonewall Jackson at NavSource Naval History – Active Service - Final Disposition