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	USS Parche (SSN-683) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Parche (SSN-683), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche, a small, gorgeously colored butterfly fish, known for its uncanny ability to swim in and around coral heads and reefs.
		Parche resumed Pacific Fleet operations in 1992 and was transferred to its new homeport at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington, in November 1994.
		In the spring of 2006 the final parts of the USS Parche were removed from the drydock and trucked away on a fleet of flatbeds although She is gone her legacy will not be forgotten.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Parche_(SSN-683) (516 words)

	SSN 683 Parche
		The keel of the USS Parche (SSN 683) was laid in December 1970 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
		USS Parche, namesake of one of the most highly decorated subs to serve in the Pacific Fleet during WWII, was commissioned in 1973 and served as a unit of Atlantic Submarine Force until 1976 before transferring to SUBPAC.
		Parche resumed Pacific Fleet operations in 1992 and was transferred to its new homeport at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Wash., in November 1994.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/ssn-683.htm (608 words)

	USS Parche (SS-384) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her keel was laid on 9 April 1943 and was christened on 24 July, when Miss Betty Russell smashed the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow as she slid into the water for the first time.
		Parche's second patrol was again south of Formosa, forming with Hammerhead and Steelhead, a coordinated attack group.
		Parche fired three torpedoes at the second tanker and then shifted to the third, which was left down by the stern covered with a cloud of smoke.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Parche_(SS-384) (1221 words)

	USS PARCHE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS PARCHE (SS 384) was decommissioned in December 1948 and its proud name stricken from the naval records.
		The keel of the second PARCHE was laid in December 1970 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
		PARCHE was commissioned in August of 1974 and served as a unit of Atlantic Submarine Force until 1976 before transferring to SUBPAC.
	www.csp.navy.mil /csds5/submarines/parche.htm (252 words)

	USS PARCHE (SSN-683) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Parche, стерляжина- подводная лодка типа, была вторым кораблем военно-морского флота Соединенных Штатов, котор нужно назвать для parche, малой, gorgeously покрашенной рыбы бабочки, знанной для своей uncanny способности поплавать в и вокруг coral головок и рифов.
		Parche не послужить как блок атлантического submarine усилия до 1976 перед переносить к Тихому океан флоту.
		USS Parche для других кораблей такого же имени.
	www.faktoru.com /wiki/ru/us/USS%20Parche%20%28Ssn683%29.htm (412 words)

	USS Parche
		Parche (SS 384) was laid down 9 April 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard; launched 24 July 1943, sponsored bv Miss Betty Russell; and commissioned 20 November 1943, Comdr.
		Parche'~ second patrol was again south of Formosa, forming with Hammerhead and Steelhead a coordinated attack group.
		Parche attacked three lu`!gers escorted by a small flat vessel on the afternoon of the next day, and sank two.
	www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/parche.html (1018 words)

	Submarine Hero - Lawson P. "Red" Ramage
		Parche departed Pearl Harbor on her first war patrol in March 1944, teamed with USS Bang (SS-385) and USS Tinosa (SS-283) to form a "wolf pack" preying on Japanese shipping in the Luzon Strait, between Taiwan and the northern Philippines.
		After several unsuccessful pursuits, Parche drew her first blood on 4 May in a joint attack on a Japanese convoy in which two sinkings were credited to Ramage and his men, for a total of 11,700 tons.
		USS Parche (SS-384), a member of the mid-war USS Balao (SS-285) class, was built at the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Navy Yard and launched on 24 July 1943.
	www.ussnautilus.org /undersea/ramage.html (1440 words)

	Hawaii Navy News Online :: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The submarine being honored was the USS Parche (SS 384) and the man in charge was Cmdr. Lawson P. (Red) Ramage, a man whose fierce courage and deadly warrior-like ferocity belied his carrot-topped, baby-faced looks.
		In just a few minutes Parche was soon between the escorts and their convoy, but while this maneuver was going on, the entire enemy convoy had reversed its field and was now headed directly for Parche.
		All that remains is her original conning tower barrel, located at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum in Pearl Harbor, and the bridge structure, shears, and upper gun on display at the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
	www.hnn.navy.mil /Archives/010615/parche_061501.htm (1396 words)

	USS Parche (SSN-683) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Parche (SSN-683) a Sturgeon -class submarine was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche small gorgeously colored butterfly fish known for its uncanny ability to in and around coral heads and reefs.
		Parche resumed Pacific Fleet operations in 1992 and was transferred to its new at Naval Submarine Base Bangor Washington in November 1994.
		In early 2004 Parche was still in commission and is to remain in service until she is in her research and development duties by Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) a Seawolf -class submarine whose construction period was extended to modifications that will allow her to carry the same types of research and development.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Parche_(SSN-683) (711 words)

	The Northwest Navigator > Email to a Friend
		The USS Parche is named after its predecessor USS Parche (SS 384), which was commissioned Nov. 20, 1943.
		As Parche lowers her colors after more than 30 years of faithful service, I salute her current officers and crew for their hard work and commitment to excellence.
		The Parche crewmembers and reunion group embody the motto of the Parche herself, parexcellence.
	www.northwestnavigator.com /index.php/navigator/emailtoafriend/parche_decommissions_at_psns (653 words)

	REMEMBER THIS USS PARCHE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On the night of 30 July 1944, a wolfpack consisting of Hammerhead, Steelhead and Parche (Ramage) made contact with a heavily escorted tanker convoy in Luzon Strait.
		Parche had to open the range before firing in order to give the torpedoes time to arm.
		There were so many targets that Parche wads firing from both the bow and stern tubes into a confused convoy, all of which were aimlessly firing machine guns, AA guns, 4 and 5-inch deck guns in the general direction of Parche.
	ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /RemThisParche.html (163 words)

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		The American flag and commissioning pennant from USS PARCHE, the most decorated ship in Navy history, are marched off the submarine at its decommissioning ceremony Tuesday at the Bremerton naval base.
		The majority of USS PARCHE's deployments were highly classified and deemed of "vital importance to U.S. national security," as defined in its nine Presidential Unit Citations.
		The PARCHE is the second United States vessel to bear the name of the French butterfly fish known for its remarkable navigation abilities.
	www.sid-hill.com /history/683.htm (1562 words)

	USS PARCHE DECOMMISSIONING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was the perfect setting for the final day in the top-secret career of the Bangor-based USS Parche, one of the world's most prolific spy submarines.
		Commissioned in 1974, the Parche spent 30 years and 19 deployments as America's top espionage sub, reportedly tapping the undersea military communication lines of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, plucking lost Soviet weaponry from the ocean floor and gathering intelligence on other enemies afterward.
		Those who returned to see their sub one last time said it was not only the camaraderie of submarine life that made Parche special, but also the exotic and extremely challenging missions it completed, which often involved excruciatingly long periods spent submerged with dwindling food and supplies.
	www.ssbn611.org /uss_parche_decommissioning.htm (1023 words)

	Medal of Honor Winner - Lawson P. Ramage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Parche was sponsored by Miss Betty Russell and Launched on July 24, 1943.
		Parche's second patrol was again south of Formosa, forming with submarines Hammerhead (SS-364) and Steelhead (SS-280), a coordinated attack group.
		In late 1969, Parche was replaced as NRT submarine by Charr (AGSS-328).
	thesaltysailor.com /ships/moh11.htm (1061 words)

	Heroic War Patrol Recalled of USS Parche
		Ronald E. Williams of Mystic and Carl Kimmons of Waterford were both crewmen on the USS Parche, SS 384, on a summer day in 1944 when then-Cmdr. Lawson Paterson Ramage attacked a heavily armed Japanese convoy.
		He was originally assigned to the USS Stack, a destroyer first deployed in the North Atlantic and, after the war broke out, in the South Pacific.
		Hanging on the wall of the room where he keeps his collection is the note from Ramage, who wrote that every member of the crew has an equal share of the Medal of Honor, “which he holds in trust for you with great pride and respect.
	adjunct.diodon349.com /US_Subs/heroic_war_patrol_recalled_of_uss_parche.htm (1088 words)

	USS Parche Decommissioned
		It's rumored that the Parche was the quietest of the nine, and was picked for more extensive modifications in the late 1970s at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, including a 100-foot special section that gave it a unique “ocean interface,” which meant it could deploy divers or special equipment without surfacing.
		The Parche was also the only attack submarine homeported in Bangor for most of its life, in part because the Navy didn't want the crew mingling with other SSN sailors, or even with the ballistic missile submarine crews that call Bangor home.
		Parche might have been caught in the act if not for satellite photos that showed intense Soviet interest in the area before it went in to retrieve the recordings that its tap had made.
	www.nukeworker.com /forum/index.php?topic=3411.msg24676 (1467 words)

	The Northwest Navigator > Navy Region Northwest > Parche decommissions at PSNS
		USS Parche crew depart the ship with its flag and commissioning pennant at the decommissioning and change of command ceremony at PSNS Oct. 19.
		USS Parche (SSN 683) Sailors past and present, former commanding officers, distinguished gusts, friends and family paid tribute to the Parche and its 30 plus years of dedicated and faithful service to the U.S. Navy during a decommissioning and change of command ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) Oct. 19.
		Sullivan added it’s because of each Sailor’s exceptional service that the Parche was able to take the ship to sea safely and provide the nation with national security through their war fighting readiness.
	www.northwestnavigator.com /index.php/navigator/region/parche_decommissions_at_psns (794 words)

	Lawson Paterson Ramage, Vice Admiral, United States Navy
		Included in his collection are two models of the USS Parche, which Williams was aboard when it battled a heavily armed Japanese convoy.
		He served as navigator aboard the USS Grenadine from January to June 1942, and was awarded the Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" as navigator in a patrol of enemy controlled waters.
		Ramage daringly swung the stern of the speeding Parche as she crossed the bow of the onrushing ship, clearing by less than 50 feet but placing his submarine in a deadly crossfire from escorts on all sides and with the transport dead ahead.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /lpramage.htm (1584 words)

	Strategic Systems Programs: Keeping our Seaborne deterrent armed and ready. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As the midnight hour approaches, Parche works her way through the minefields and nets protecting the entrance to the harbor and ties up to the port side of the submarine tender USS Proteus - which herself is moored starboard side to at berth S-3.
		In August 1903, USS Fortune made her way to the West Coast and arrived at Mare Island to serve as a tender for the submarines under construction by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.
		USS Holland (AS-3), for instance, was launched in 1926 and had a special crane installed in the bow for lifting submarines.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_15/tender_tale.html (4213 words)

	USS Parche Decommisions at PSNS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		"Parche is the last of the old boats, the Sturgeon-class submarine, and I really liked it a lot because I've grown up with them over the past 20 years," said Senior Chief Machinist's Mate (SS) Gary Kernan, engineering department leading chief petty officer.
		Guerrero said his goal as new commanding officer of Parche was to close the doors on Parche's historic Navy career in the same fashion in which they were opened.
		Parche is named after its predecessor, USS Parche (SS 384), which was commissioned Nov. 20, 1943.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=15693 (708 words)

	USS Parche (SSN 683)
		The keel of the USS PARCHE was laid in December 1970 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was the second ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		The boat was refueled and modified for research and development, adding a one hundred foot extension to her hull, and began a new mission as part of Submarine Development Squadron 5.
		PARCHE resumed Pacific Fleet operations in 1992 and was transferred to her new homeport at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington in November 1994.
	www.navysite.de /ssn/ssn683.htm (195 words)

	Submarine Photo Index
		Parche (SSN-683) is waterborne on the the Pascagoula River.
		Parche, the last active Sturgeon-class attack submarine, is due to be decommissioned on October 19, 2004 after serving the fleet since 1973.
		Parche was configured for research and development from 1987-1991 and was used primary for intelligence gathering and underwater salvage.
	www.navsource.org /archives/08/08683.htm (1012 words)

	Parche vs ALL HELL
		It was the end of July 1944, USS PARCHE (Commander L. RAMAGE) was operating with the Park's Pirates wolf pack (Commander L. Parks) Off Formosa in company with USS HAMMERHEAD and STEELHEAD.
		Two were on the submarine's port, betweem PARCHE and the convoy.
		The AntiSubmarine vessel continued on its course while PARCHE continued her circle which brought her in behind the stern of the second port-side escort.
	www.diodon349.com /Stories/story_about_parche_vs_all_hell.htm (1401 words)

	USS Parche (Ssn-683) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Parche (Ssn-683), un esturión- el submarino de la clase, era la segunda nave de la marina de Estados Unidos que se nombrará para el parche, un pescado de mariposa pequeño, magníficamente coloreado, sabido para que su capacidad uncanny nade en y alrededor de las cabezas y de los filones corales.
		Parche sirvió como unidad de la fuerza submarina atlántica hasta 1976 antes de transferir a la flota pacífica.
		Ver USS Parche para otras naves del mismo nombre.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Parche%20%28Ssn683%29.htm (560 words)

	Secret Plan for Special Operations Submarine
		According to one source, depending on the kind of modifications SSN-23 receives to its hull, the sub could be used to replace the secret spy submarine Parche, a modified Sturgeon class boat that was used extensively during the Cold War to spy on the Soviet Union.
		Parche was modified to perform "ocean-engineering" and other "special missions." The sub's classified exploits are chronicled in the recently published book Blind Man's Bluff.
		According to published reports, Parche is due to be retired in 2003, the same year Jimmy Carter is scheduled to enter the fleet with the new modifications.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/spsos.htm (792 words)

	Red Star Rogue - Non-Fiction Submarine Novel about rogue soviet submarine by Kenneth Sewell
		The USS Parche was the 34th of the 36 "Sturgeon" class nuclear powered hunter-killer fast attack submarines.
		In 1976 Parche was transferred to the Pacific where it joined Submarine Development Group One.
		The USS Parche holds the distinction of being the most decorated ship in the history of the United States Navy having been awarded fourteen Expeditionary Medals, ten Naval Unit Citations and nine Presidential Unit Citations for Valor.
	www.redstarrogue.com /parche.html (187 words)

	USS Parche (SSN-683)
		A one-hundred-foot-long extension was added to her hull just forward of her sail.
		Her research and development duties will be assumed by Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class submarine whose construction period was extended to include modifications that will allow her to carry out the same types of research and development.
		This article includes information collected from http://www.parche683.net/, which is dedicated to Parche before her modification, and from the Federation of American Scientists' Military Analysis Network, " class="external">http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ssn-683.htm
	www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_parche__ssn_683_.html (458 words)

	USS PARCHE DECOMMISSIONS Sea Classics - Find Articles
		USS Parche (SSN-683) sailors - past and present - paid tribute to Parche and its 30-plus years of dedicated and faithful service to the US Navy during a decommissioning and change of command ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) on 19 October.
		Parche is named after its predecessor, USS Parche (SS-384), which was commissioned 20 November 1943.
		The boat was refueled and modified for research and development, adding a 100-ft extension to its hull, and began a new mission as part of Submarine Development Squadron 5.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200502/ai_n16063135 (594 words)

	Product Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Commissioned in 1974, the Parche was the last of the Navy's thirty-seven Sturgeon-class attack submarines to be retired from service when she lowered her colors for the last time in 2004.
		This medallion commemorates the remarkable contributions of the USS Parche to the Navy and the nation at large, and honors her place as America's most decorated ship.
		The obverse features a rendering of the USS Parche and includes her dates of service.
	www.nwtmint.com /store_mil/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=855 (190 words)

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