SSN-686 USS Mendel Rivers Patch
- SKU:
- 3435
- MPN:
- 3435
- Width:
- 4.75 (in)
- Height:
- 4.50 (in)
- Depth:
- 0.08 (in)
- Backing:
- Sew On
- Edging:
- Merrowed Edge
Description
SUBMARINE SSN-686 USS MENDEL RIVERS USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States to be named for L. Mendel Rivers. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 July 1969 and her keel was laid down on 26 June 1971. She was launched on 2 June 1973 sponsored by Mrs. Robert G. Eastman, and commissioned on 1 February 1975, with Commander Roderic L. Wolfe in command. 25 years of history go here L. Mendel Rivers was decommissioned on 10 May 2001 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 May 2001. Ex-L. Mendel Rivers entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 19 July 2002 ceased to exist.
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