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USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632), a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), a Prussian army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.
USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632), a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine in service from 1964 to 1994. List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names.
Spotting the large and rising column of smoke, Tacoma altered course and arrived to assist rescue at 2 pm. Von Steuben arrived a half-hour later. [84] The American steamship Old Colony , docked in Halifax for repairs, suffered little damage and was quickly converted to serve as a hospital ship, staffed by doctors and orderlies from the British ...
SS General von Steuben was a German passenger liner and later an armed transport ship of the German Navy that was sunk in the Baltic Sea during World War II.She was launched in 1923 as München (after the German city, sometimes spelled Muenchen), renamed General von Steuben in 1930 (after the famous German officer of the American Revolutionary War), and renamed Steuben in 1938.
Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 1992 Von Steuben* SSBN-632 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. 4 September 1962 18 October 1963 30 September 1964 26 February 1994 Disposed of through Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 2001 Casimir Pulaski* SSBN-633 General Dynamics Electric Boat: 12 January 1963 1 February 1964
A warship, a submarine, and an ocean liner (later pressed into military service) were named in von Steuben's honor. In World War I , the captured German ship SS Kronprinz Wilhelm was renamed as USS Von Steuben , [ 57 ] and in World War II there was the Dampfschiff General von Steuben , an ill-fated German luxury passenger ship which was turned ...
Twenty-two crewmen were lost, but the rest survived in the lifeboats. The U-boat remained in the area to use the lifeboats as bait for Allied ships. A few hours, later the auxiliary cruiser USS Von Steuben arrived and found the lifeboats. But before she reached them, a torpedo was spotted.
The sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff, General von Steuben and Goya was a demonstration of the deadly potential of submarine warfare. [22] It is important to stress how despite being often erroneously described as noncombatant units, the ships actually possessed defensive anti-aircraft weapons and also carried military personnel (in addition to ...