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resulting in a fireball that went through the entire vital switchgear in auxiliary machinery space upper level. All propulsion was lost, which is necessary to "drive" the boat back to the surface. A normal ballast tank blow had no effect, while a subsequent emergency blow of the ballast tanks slowly stopped the descent and ultimately brought the boat and crew to the surface. In rough seas, the crew back aft in engineering were unable to utilize the aft escape hatch to bring fresh air and cooling into the spaces. The engineering crew ultimately spent approximately 6 hours back aft with no AC, before finally making it forward, taking turns on the superstructure planes to cool off. The
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in the Caribbean, when, during a drill to evade an enemy surface ship, a full down-angle with a flank bell was ordered. The flank bell necessitates the reactor's main coolant pumps switching from slow to fast speed. However, the slow-speed windings did not open before the fast-speed windings,
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and crew spent approximately 2 weeks in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico making repairs to allow the boat to make it back to New London on the surface. The event has been lovingly referred to as "The BBQ of 83".
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due to a faulty depth gauge. A different gauge revealed the error and the submarine returned to the surface safely. Various reports placed
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s control room was salvaged and used to construct a simulation of a submarine control room as an exhibit at the
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between 150 and 200 feet from crush depth at her deepest point. After returning to port, she was sent to
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s fleet training exercise was interrupted by the search and rescue operation for missing submarine
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was decommissioned on 18 April 1994 and was subsequently disposed through the Nuclear Powered
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on 4 April 1964 sponsored by Mrs. H.C. Bruton. On 29 April, she was towed to
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This article about a specific naval submarine of the United States is a
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was completed, she and her sister ships were redesignated the
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to California. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1961 by
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for examination, and was returned to service soon after.
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USS Greenling (SSN-614)
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Ship-Submarine Recycling Program
Thresher/Permit-class
submarine
long tons
S5W
PWR
torpedo tubes
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submarine
United States Navy
greenling
Kamchatka
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Thresher

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