SSN-679 USS Silversides Patch

US NAVY SUBMARINE SSN-679 USS SILVERSIDE PATCH USS Silversides (SSN-679), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 25 June 1968 and her keel was laid down on 13 October 1969. She was launched on 4 June 1971 sponsored by Mrs. John H. Chafee, wife of the then Secretary of the Navy, and commissioned on 5 May 1972, with Commander John E. Allen in command. Following shakedown in the Atlantic and Caribbean, Silversides began operations in the Atlantic, homeported at Charleston, South Carolina. 22 years of history go here The USS Silversides at some point moved it's home port to Norfolk, Virginia. In mid 1994, she moved from her homeport in Norfolk to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for decommissioning on 21 July 1994. Silversides was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 August 1994. Ex-Silversides entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 2000 and on 1 October 2001 ceased to exist. See USS Silversides for other ships of the same name. - FULLY EMBROIDERED MERROWED BORDER WITH PLASTIC BACKING FOR IRON ON CONVENIENCE