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USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle.The name perpetuated the inadvertent misspelling of "hawksbill" in the naming of the first ship of that name, USS Hawkbill (SS-366), a Balao-class submarine launched in 1944.
SSN-666: 12 September 1966: 12 April 1969: 1 March 1971: 4 February 1971: 15 March 2000: 29.1: Disposed of by recycling [27] Bergall † SSN-667: 9 March 1965: 16 April 1966: 17 February 1968: 9 June 1969: 13 June 1969: 6 June 1996: 27.0: Disposed of by recycling [28] Spadefish # SSN-668: 21 December 1966: 15 May 1968: 14 August 1969: 14 August ...
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), a submarine in commission from 1971 to 2000 This page was last edited on 22 November 2021 ...
SSN-666 Hawkbill: The sail is currently on display in Arco, ID SSN-667 Bergall: SSN-668 Spadefish: SSN-669 Seahorse: SSN-670 Finback: SSN-671 Narwhal: Unique submarine constructed with a natural circulation reactor and other silencing features. SSN-672 Pintado: SSN-673 Flying Fish: SSN-674 Trepang: SSN-675 Bluefish: SSN-676 Billfish: SSN-677 Drum
Departing 23 August, the submarine steamed via Saipan to her patrol area in the Philippine Islands in company with Baya and Becuna.In October Hawkbill shifted patrol to the South China Sea and, while approaching two carriers 7 October, was forced down by violent depth charging by Japanese destroyers.
This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with G and H. . For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.
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