Haddock II SSN-621

 

 

Haddock II

( SSN-621) dp. 3,700 ( surf. ), 4,300 ( subm. ) 1. 278'6"; b. 31'8"; s. over 20 k.; cpl. 100; a. 4 21" tt, cl. Thresher )

Haddock ( SSN - 21), an attack nuclear submarble, was laid down 24 April 1961 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; launched 21 May 1966, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas G. Morris, wife of Representative .\Morris of New Mexico; and commissioned 22 December 1967

Comdr. Stanley J. Anderson in command.

Haddock's first homeport was in San Diego, as part of Submarine Squadron 3. Following a deployment to the Western Pacific, her home port was transferred to Pearl Harbor in time for her first overhaul, which was completed in 1972.

Haddock completed her seventh deployment to the Western Pacific on 23 December 1983. She then went to Mare Island in October 1984 for her third overhaul and returned to San Diego and Submarine Squadron Three in February 1987. Haddock earned the Battle Efficiency "E" Award for fiscal year 1988.
Haddock was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 April 1993. Ex-Haddock entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 1 October 2000. Recycling was completed on 1 October 2001.