USS Tecumseh SSBN 628
BackThe USS Tecumseh (SSBN 628) was a nuclear powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine that was in commission from 1964 to 1993. I spent 5 years on the boat, 74-79. Went on 4 patrols in the North Atlantic. Was in the IC Div, worked for COB, Edgar "Pappy" Kite. Went above the Arctic Circle and became a "BlueNose", went on an orse and a deso, fired two test missiles off the coast of Africa. For Battle Stations Missile, I was the Missile Compensation Operator, at the BCP. Did some spec ops out of Port Canaveral FL and Charleston SC, then overhaul in Portsmouth NH. What a Ride...... I still glow in the dark. I have enough good sea stories to write a book, and they get bigger and better as time goes by....ha ha. Tecumseh carried 16 vertical Posieden Missiles, each with 6 (or more)independant nuclear warheads, (I could tell you how many, but then I'd have to kill you)... ha ha... Tecumseh carried several Mk48 and Mk37 Conventional Torpedos, and for my first 3 patrols we carried two Nuclear Tipped Mk 45 Torpedos. (A panicked voice heard in the Control Room over the 4MC, "Reaky Torpedo, Reaky Torpedo!!" Ha Ha, There's only a handful of people in the world that will remember that one.) This mighty Warship was decommissioned in 1992 after almost 30 years of faithful service, and scrapped at Pugent Sound Naval Shipyard. Her Reactor vessel is buried at Hanford and her Stbd two torpedo tubes are beautifully preserved in the US Navy Underwater Museum in Keyport Washington. Website for the Tcup is at: http://www.usstecumseh.com The Website for the US Navy's Undersea Museum is at: http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/keyport/index1.htm This is a link to the USS Tunny website that has some great pictures of the final location of Tecumsehs reactor compartment at Hanford Nuclear Reservoir, trench #94, location #36. http://home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/chop.htm A great picture of Tecumsehs final resting space. #36, in the far right hand corner. http://home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx.jpg This video is a collection of pictures from Boot Camp in San Diego, in March 1974, through 5 memorable years on the Tcup. I had some very Fun, Exciting, Memorable and Scary Times on (and off) the Boat. I Met and served with a remarkable bunch of crazy ass Sub Sailors. . . .
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