.jpg) USSJohn Adams in April 1964 | |
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| Name | USSJohn Adams |
| Namesake | John Adams (1735–1826), secondPresident of the United States (1797–1801), andJohn Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth President of the United States (1825–1829) |
| Ordered | 23 July 1960 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 19 May 1961 |
| Launched | 12 January 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. James C. Manny |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 24 March 1989 |
| Stricken | 24 March 1989 |
| Fate | Scrapping viaShip-Submarine Recycling Program completed 12 February 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lafayette-classsubmarine |
| Type | Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216)[1] |
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| Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
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| Complement | Two crews (Blue and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
| Sensors & processing systems | BQS-4 sonar[1] |
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USSJohn Adams (SSBN-620), aLafayette-classballistic missilesubmarine, was the second ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forFounding FatherJohn Adams (1735–1826), the second President of the United States (1797–1801), and his sonJohn Quincy Adams (1767–1848), the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829). Both names were used with the captains of the Blue and Gold crews alternately using the namesJohn Adams andJohn Quincy Adams.
The contract to buildJohn Adams was awarded toPortsmouth Naval Shipyard inKittery, Maine, on 23 July 1960 and her keel was laid down there on 19 May 1961. She waslaunched on 12 January 1963 sponsored by Abigail Adams Manny,[2] great, great, great-granddaughter of John Quincy Adams, and wife of James C. Manny, andcommissioned on 12 May 1964, with Commander Lando W. Zech, Jr. in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Paul J. Early in command of the Gold Crew.
Following her commissioning,John Adams completed sixteen deterrent patrols while assigned to theUnited States Atlantic Fleet After her sixteenth patrol, she enteredPuget Sound Naval Shipyard inBremerton, Washington for overhaul and modernization in August 1968. She completed overhaul on 10 August 1969 and returned to sea as a unit of theUnited States Pacific Fleet. Both the Blue Crew and the Gold Crew shot twoPolaris ballistic missiles during a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) following the overhaul. She conducted sixteen more deterrent patrols as a unit of the Pacific Fleet.
Upon completion of her thirty-second deterrent patrol,John Adams entered Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery for her second overhaul and conversion to thePoseidon missile system. She completed the overhaul and returned to sea once again as a unit of the Atlantic Fleet.
After completing an additional forty-three deterrent patrols from both herhome port atCharleston, South Carolina, and fromHoly Loch,Scotland,John Adams transited the Panama Canal to again enter the Puget Sound Navy Shipyard, this time in preparation fordecommissioning after a long and distinguished career. At the time of her decommissioning she had completed 75 strategic deterrent patrols.
John Adams was decommissioned on 24 March 1989 and stricken from theNaval Vessel Register the same day. She entered the Nuclear-PoweredShip and Submarine Recycling Program atBremerton, Washington. Recycling of Ex-John Adams was completed on 12 February 1996.
The ship's sponsor was Mrs. James C. (Abigail Adams) Manny of New York City, the great, great, great granddaughter of John Quincy Adams.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere. This article incorporatespublic domain material fromJohn Adams (SSBN-620) at theNaval Vessel Register.
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