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USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle. Hawkbill was sometimes called “The Devil Boat” or the Devilfish because of chapter 13 of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine, which begins “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea....” and ends “Here is wisdom. In 1982, the USS Hawkbill participated in weekly ops, and a Western Pacific cruise with multiple stops in Yokosuka, Japan; Subic Bay, Philippines; Hong Kong, and Guam. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Hawkbill_(SSN-666)   (461 words)

Encyclopedia: USS Bluefish (SSN-675)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Drum USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), the lead ship of her class of nuclear attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon, a large, bony-plated fish with an elongated body that is an important source of caviar and isinglass. Richard B. Russell USS Archerfish (SSN-678), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family (Toxotidae) of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other animals by shooting them down with squirts of water from the mouth. USS Cavalla (SSN-684), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish of the pompano family inhabiting waters off the eastern coast of the Americas from Cape Cod to Rio de la Plata. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Bluefish-%28SSN_675%29   (2265 words)

USS Hawkbill inactivates after 28 years of service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) inactivated after 28 years of faithful service in a ceremony held at 10:00am on Friday, August 27th at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. USS Hawkbill has been stationed in Pearl Harbor since 1975 as a part of Submarine Squadron One, which is longer than any other Pearl Harbor-based Pacific Fleet Submarine. USS Hawkbill, commissioned in February of 1971 and the last active Sturgeon-Class Pacific Fleet submarine, carries a crew of 120 men. www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/666inact.htm   (602 words)

HNN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) inactivated after 28 years of service in a ceremony today at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Hawkbill has been stationed in Pearl Harbor since 1975 as a member of Submarine Squadron One, which is longer than any other Pearl Harbor-based Pacific Fleet submarine. Hawkbill, commissioned in February 1971 and the last active Sturgeon-class Pacific Fleet submarine, carries a crew of 120 men. www.hnn.navy.mil /archives/990827/Hawkbill.htm   (439 words)

Hawkbil - Membership Roster (as of 7-10-04) Hawkbil Base, Southern Idaho. ANDERSON Daniel C. VonSteuben SSBN-632. ... USS Hawkbill SSN-666 purpose of this Web page is to list alumni of the Hawkbill SSN-666 in order that they may contact others with whom they. Uss hawkbill ss-366 served from fremantle, au and subic bay, pi from 1944-1945 sinking extensive tonnage of enemy shipping. Hawkbill as she was passing Rottnest Light at the entrance to Fremantle. www.destarter.com /hawkbill/hawkbil.html   (427 words)

USS Hawkbill Sail Surfaces as Idaho's 'Submarine in the Desert' USS Hawkbill Sail Surfaces as Idaho's 'Submarine in the Desert' Hawkbill’s illustrious history was recounted at the dedication by its last commanding officer, Capt. Robert Perry, who with some emotion, told of its 29 years of missions. Hawkbill had the unfortunate chronological numbering of 666, earning it the nickname of “Devil Boat.” But the ominous biblical numeral never affected its many missions. www.peoriabase.homestead.com /files/Articles/USS_Hawkbill_Sail_Surfaces_as_Idaho.htm   (786 words)

USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on March 15, 2000, the USS HAWKBILL subsequently entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Wash. Recycling of the submarine was finished on December 1, 2000. The USS HAWKBILL reactor's primary coolant system develops a leak while the submarine is on maneuvers in Hawaiian waters which last for four days. During a test, about 150 gallons of low-level radioactive water leak from a faulty valve on the USS HAWKBILL undergoing overhaul at the PSNY. navysite.de /ssn/ssn666.htm   (260 words)

USS Hawkbill SSN-666   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) The purpose of this Web page is to list alumni of the Hawkbill SSN-666 in order that they may contact others with whom they served. USS Hawkbill was built by Mare Island Naval Shipyard and launched on April 12, 1969. USS Hawkbill SS-366 during fleet activities out of Fremantle, AU under Commander F. Scanland between August 1944 and August 1945 sank enemy vessels totalling 40,900 tons, knocked out radio stations and ferried commandos on search and destroy missions. www.usshawkbill.com   (283 words)

USS HAWKBILL In Transit To Arctic Ocean For SCICEX 99 USS HAWKBILL In Transit To Arctic Ocean For SCICEX 99 The USS HAWKBILL (SSN 666) got underway on March 18 to conduct SCICEX 99, the fifth science expedition to the Arctic Ocean. The USS HAWKBILL is a Sturgeon-class, Pearl Harbor-based nuclear-powered submarine commanded by CDR Bob Perry. www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1999-03/OoNR-UHIT-240399.php   (532 words)

Mission Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Under the command of CDR Bob Perry, Hawkbill embarked two Navy and five civilian scientists – and a wide variety of experimental equipment and special measurement systems – for collecting data on the physical and chemical properties of Arctic sea water, mapping the ocean bottom, and measuring ice thickness. Hawkbill’s crew were full participants in all aspects of the expedition, not only in meeting the difficult challenges of under-ice and cold-weather operations, but also in standing scientific watches, deploying and retrieving equipment at the surface stations, and collaborating with the civilian party in real-time planning and execution of the experimental program. Hawkbill’s superb accomplishments on SCICEX ’98 are a great tribute to the ability of the crew and the civilian party to function at the top of their form, not only as individuals, but as a finely coordinated team. www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/winter99/mission_report.htm   (2498 words)

USS Hawkbill SS-366   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Hawkbill as she was passing Rottnest Light at the entrance to Fremantle, Western Australia on the final day of her first War Patrol October 10, 1944. It is men such as those who served on Hawkbill that made a free America possible. You have brought life and vibrant spirit to the powerful personality that was Hawkbill, while capturing the role she played in the grand scheme of things so long ago. www.usshawkbill.com /366   (313 words)

All Hands - August 1999: The Iceman Cometh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) But beneath her sleek facade, Hawkbill's interior revealed a torpedo room converted to an oceanographic laboratory for a peaceful mission. They are also finding that there may be some previously unknown tidal currents in the Arctic that affect the currents and climate of the rest of the world's oceans, and, in turn, affect the global climate. Once Hawkbill was safely out of the shallow Bering Strait and several hundred feet below the ice pack, Machinist Mate (SS) 3rd Class John Groustra busily took water samples from a specially designed tap in the torpedo room laboratory. www.mediacen.navy.mil /pubs/allhands/aug99/pg14.htm   (1282 words)

Military Husbands Website - Often left behind but NEVER forgotten. www.militaryhusbands.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) USS Hewitt (DD 966) - USS Hewitt (DD 966) USS Kinkaid (DD 965) - USS Kinkaid (DD 965) USS Oldendorf (DD 972) - USS Oldendorf (DD 972) www.militaryhusbands.com /cgi-bin/links/links.cgi?action=view_cat&category=14   (1125 words)

USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) Decommed!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) While most of Hawkbill's remaining crewmembers stood in formation opposite the brow, the ceremonial watch members stood at parade rest topside awaiting the command to "Lower the colors, strike the commissioning pennant." "USS Hawkbill and those who have manned her have served their country exceedingly well for the past 29 years," he said. For nearly her entire career and those of her sister ships, these workhorses of the Cold War were asked to stay out-of-sight and out-of-mind. www.csp.navy.mil /news/666decom.htm   (566 words)

Nuclear Submarine Puts To Sea To Serve Science SCICEX '99 will be conducted aboard USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), which is able to travel almost at will under the ice, making it a unique platform for a sophisticated sonar system dubbed the Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Pods (SCAMP). Aboard Hawkbill, measurements of temperature and salinity that can be made at very closely spaced increments of time over a period of five days, would probably require at least a month to conduct on an icebreaker, he said. USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) and her sister ships on previous SCICEX missions are giving us new insights into Arctic ocean currents and the topography beneath perpetually ice-covered seas. www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1999-04/NSF-NSPT-090499.php   (965 words)

MAES National Magazine :: Feature Story USS HAWKBILL (SSN 666), a Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was the latest and last Navy submarine to take part in what has now come to be a historic coalition between the Navy and the scientific community. For 28 years, HAWKBILL was deployed routinely as the workhorse during the original cold war. The 1999 expedition was led by the USS HAWKBILL’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Robert H. Perry, a 1981 Naval Academy graduate, and his 124-man crew, along with a small embarked team of civilian scientists. www.maesnationalmagazine.com /MAES_V9_NO4/featurestorySub.htm   (1169 words)

NMOC News Online, September/October 1999, Vol. 19 No. 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Throughout the exercise, NAVICECEN provided special support to USS HAWKBILL (SSN 666), which was carrying a team of scientists who were conducting a variety of experiments under the Arctic ice pack. Slowly, USS HAWKBILL resumed her ascent; ice moaning and water gushing around her glistening fl sail — a stark contrast to the washed out Arctic panorama of moments earlier. USS HAWKBILL's return to Ice Camp LYON marked the busiest portion of SCICEX 99 for the submarine crew, ice camp personnel, and the supporting detachment in Barrow. pao.cnmoc.navy.mil /pao/n_online/archive/vol19no5/articles/nicrecon.htm   (1463 words)

CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Submarine to the Arctic Hawkbill's last deployment marks the end of the currently planned SCICEX program. The six SCICEX missions, including the two by USS Hawkbill in 1998 and 1999, were a huge success. My crew and I were very happy to learn that a special piece of the ship, Hawkbill's sail (the structure of the ship you see protruding the ice in all the pictures), was cut off and donated by the Navy to the Idaho Science Center in Arco, Idaho. edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/icerun/commander   (520 words)

(GCJN16) USS HAWKBILL (SS-366) - Manitowoc's WWII Submarine by Team GeoPink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) On April 30, 1942 the USS PETO was the first of 10 Gato and 18 Balao Class Submarines built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company and launched sideways into the Manitowoc River. It is a very special occasion, serving to bring the ship's company together to form that magic combination of men and their ship, and especially in time of war, to mark the approaching day of departure for sea and combat. HAWKBILL was blown partially out of the water by a perfectly placed pattern and damaged considerably; but by hugging the bottom with all machinery secured, she eluded the attacking destroyers. www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=145336   (1490 words)

HAWKBILL SCICEX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), a Sturgeon-class fast-attack submarine based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, got underway for its second consecutive scientific mission in the Arctic. Rear Admiral Al Konetzni Jr., Commander Submarine Force Pacific was also on hand for the Hawkbill departure and discussed the bittersweet fact that this is the final arctic science expedition, the last deployment for a Pacific submarine force Sturgeon-class submarine, and Hawkbill's final deployment ever, as the ship is sceduled for decommissioning in August. Dr. Edwards was on hand to wish Hawkbill farewell and will join the ship in approximately two weeks at the remote Ice Camp location. www.csp.navy.mil /news/666dep.htm   (419 words)

U.S. Navy - Submarine Images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Crewmen of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN 715) paint a positioning target on the docking hatch of the escape trunk in preparation for a joint submarine rescue exercise with a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) carried by the Japanese submarine rescue ship Chiyoda (AS 405). USS Norfolk is currently deployed in support of the NATO-led Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia, and is capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles. The attack submarine USS Columbus (SSN 762) and the Korean submarine ROKS Lee Jong Moo (SS 66) (foreground) sail off the coast of Hawaii as a P-3C Orion patrols overhead. www.navy.mil /navydata/images/imagesub4.html   (404 words)

USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Hawkbill was the last of the (Click link for more info and facts about Sturgeons) Sturgeons to be decommissioned. Her sail is exhibited in the Idaho Science Center in (Click link for more info and facts about Arco, Idaho) Arco, Idaho. See (Click link for more info and facts about USS Hawkbill) USS Hawkbill for other ships of the same name. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Hawkbill_(SSN-666)5.htm   (395 words)

Navy Region Northeast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Rear Adm. Cassias' first shipboard assignment was USS Haddock (SSN 621), where he served in a variety of division officer assignments. From 1981 to 1984, he was Navigator and Operations Officer in USS Parche (SSN 683) and completed two deployments. He then served as Navigator and Operations Officer in USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) from 1985 to 1986 and participated in an Arctic deployment. www.cnrne.navy.mil /alist/region/chain_adm.htm   (431 words)

SCICEX-99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Crewmen on Hawkbill described this transit as a “real white-knuckle experience.” Many of them said it was the greatest shiphandling challenge they had experienced – one that, to be completed safely, required everyone to perform flawlessly minute by minute for days on end. Hawkbill’s navigation team plotted the boat’s position meticulously along her circuitous path as the diving officer of the watch carefully monitored the depth of water beneath the keel. Lyon died 5 May 1998 at the age of 84, and his remains were transported by USS Hawkbill to the North Pole a year later for burial at sea. www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_4/scicex_99.html   (2942 words)

USS Hawkbill (SSN 666)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) After her commissioning in 1971, USS Hawkbill has given 29 years of faithful service to the United States. SSN-666 is the second ship to bear the name Hawkbill. The Hawkbill remained a formidible force throughout her 28 years of service. www.ldeo.columbia.edu /~vschmidt/scicex/main.htm   (111 words)

Cruiser Destroyer Group THREE In April 1992 with the implementation of the Core Battle Group concept, CCDG-3 was assigned as permanent Immediate Superior In Command for USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Arkansas (CGN 41), and USS Vincennes (CG 49). The USS England (CG 22) was assigned to CCDG-3, but was decommissioned in January 1994. USS Lake Erie (CG 70) joined the group in March 1993 and USS Russell (DDG 59) joined in September 1994. www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/crudesgru3.htm   (479 words)

DOWNLINK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) USS Alaska (SSBN-732) conducted an SSBN Continuity of Operations Exercise (SCOOPEX) during her visit to Seward, Alaska during Northern Edge ’99. On a recent visit to Singapore, USS Columbus (SSN-762) provided a tour and towing demonstration for pilots of the Singapore Maritime Port Authority and held a submariner- to-submariner professional engagement with officers of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). USS Frank Cable (AS-40) was selected as the fiscal year 1998 CINCPACFLT Annual Pricefighter Program Excellence Award winner in the Large Afloat Customer Activity category. www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_4/downlink.html   (1030 words)

HNN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), a Sturgeon-class fast-attack submarine got underway for its second consecutive scientific mission in the Arctic. The majority of the effort will be spent in examining the geophysical, chemical, and biological properties of the Arctic Ocean. Edwards was on hand to wish Hawkbill farewell and will join the ship in approximately two weeks at the remote Ice Camp location. www.hnn.navy.mil /archives/990326/hbill.htm   (341 words)

Submarine Photo Index The Hawkbill (SSN-666) is seen entering the water for the first during her launching at Mare Island on 12 Apr 1969. The Hawkbill (SSN-666) is seen at her outfitting dock at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in March 1970. Hawkbill (SSN-666), breaks through the Arctic ice 3 April 1999, at a camp set up as a joint venture between the Navy and the National Science Foundation. www.navsource.org /archives/08/08666.htm   (1119 words)

[No title] Hawkbill Base is beginning a fund raising effort for a Memorial in honor of ALL submarines and crew members lost since 1900. The Memorial stone will be placed with the sail of the USS HAWKBILL SSN-666 in the city of Arco, Idaho. Hawkbill Base has requested approval to use the US Submarine Veterans' Charitable Foundation as a repository for project donations, so donors may take advantage of a tax deduction according to their tax filing status. www.ussvcf.org /hkblfund.htm   (323 words)

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