USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619 Submarine Model Dive again with your shipmates in this USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619 Submarine Model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece youll love. Length 18 inches Made from Mahogany US Veteran Owned Business The product ...USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619 Submarine Model Dive again with your shipmates in this USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619 Submarine Model.
Each piece is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece youll love. Length 18 inches Made from Mahogany US Veteran Owned Business The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger. Construction and commissioning The contract to build Andrew Jackson was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 23 July 1960 and her keel was laid down on 26 April 1961.
She was launched on 15 September 1962 sponsored by Mrs. Estes Kefauver, and commissioned on 3 July 1963, with Commander Alfred J. Whittle, Jr.
in command of the Blue Crew and Commander James B. Wilson in command of the Gold Crew.[ 2] She was 425 feet (130 m) long, 33 feet (10 m) wide, and had a draft of 32 feet (9.8 m). She displaces 7,250 tonnes (7,140 long tons; 7,990 short tons) when surfaced, and 8,250 tonnes (8,120 long tons; 9,090 short tons) when submerged.
Her top speed was above 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph), and she had a maximum depth of 1,300 feet (400 m). She had a complement of 120 men, and was armed with 16 Polaris missiles, and four 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. She was propelled by a S5W Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor powering two turbines which generated 15,000 shaft horsepower (11,000 kW), driving one propeller.[ 3] Operational history Following commissioning, Andrew Jackson sailed via the Panama Canal to the United States East Coast.
On 1 October and 11 October 1963, during shakedown training out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, she successfully launched Polaris A-2 ballistic missiles; and, on 26 October 1963, she sent Polaris A-3X missiles into space in the first submerged launching of its type; and she repeated the feat on 11 November 1963. On 16 November 1963, six days before his assassination, President John F. 2] Decommissioning and disposal Andrew Jackson was decommissioned on 31 August 1989 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day.
Recycling of Ex-Andrew Jackson was completed 30 August 1999.