USS KAMEHAMEHA SSBN-642
Unlike most Submarines the USS KAMEHAMEHA still lives
This page will be dedicated to the "OLD" Kam.
I served on the Blue Crew 67 - 69
dp. 6,650 (surf.), 8,250 (subm.); l. 425'; b. 33'; dr. 32'; s. 16 k (surf.), 22 k. (subm.); td 1300';
16 Polaris/Poseidon missile tubes midships; 4-21" tt. fwd.;
cpl. 16 officers - 126 enlisted men; cl. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Keel laid down by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA 2 May 1963;
Launched 16 January 1965; Sponsored by Mrs. Samuel Wilder King;
Commissioned 10 December 1965; Cdr. Roth S. Leddick, [B] and Cdr. Robert W. Dickieson, [G] in command;
SSN conversion July 1992
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