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Syverson in command, Hunley sailed 25 July 1962 for shakedown training off Cuba until 6 September 1962. Hunley.Ĭareer A picture of the USS Hunley from 1962 The ship was named in honor of Horace Lawson Hunley, the designer of the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel in naval history, the Confederate submarine H.

Palmer Gaillard, wife of the Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina.

The hull was laid down in by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia and sponsored by Mrs. She had complete facilities for servicing the complex Polaris Weapons Systems and for accomplishing any submarine repair other than a major shipyard overhaul. Navy's nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine Fleet. Hunley had the distinction of being the first ship designed and built from the keel up to service and maintain the U.S.

#Hunley submarine tin sign free

In September 2008, during Hurricane Gustav, the decommissioned ship broke free of its moorings in the New Orleans Inner Harbor, but caused little or no damage while adrift. The Hunley was decommissioned from the regular navy, in 1995 transferred to the US Maritime Commission, and in 2007 sold as scrap to a metal recycling company in Louisiana. The ship achieved several records and milestones in its service. The Hunley was designed to tend most of the long-term requirements of the Polaris Class of submarines. USS Hunley (AS-31) was a submarine tender of the United States Navy launched on 28 September 1961 and commissioned 16 June 1962. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company