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	USS Sam Houston Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) was the third nuclear powered submarine and the first 608 class SSBN to be built at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
		SAM HOUSTON was the initial FBM submarine to deploy to the Mediterranean and join the NATO Forces there, and also the first POLARIS submarine to make a port-of-call during a patrol, when she made a short operational visit to Izmir, Turkey.
		From September 1982 to September 1985, SAM HOUSTON was modified in Bremerton, Washington, as an Amphibious Transport to carry frogmen or commandos.
	members.bellatlantic.net /~gitby/ssbn609.htm (703 words)

	USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609), a Ethan Allen-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the President of the Republic of Texas.
		On her first patrol, Sam Houston, manned by the Blue Crew, operated continuously submerged for 48 days and two hours, then moored alongside the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19) in Holy Loch, Scotland.
		From September 1982 to September 1985, Sam Houston was modified in Bremerton, Washington, as an Amphibious Transport to carry frogmen or commandos.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/USS_Sam_Houston_%28SSBN-609%29 (776 words)

	USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609)
		After 18 years of service, the SAM HOUSTON was redesignated as SSN 609 to comply with the SALT I treaty on November 10, 1980, and concrete blocks were placed in the missile tubes to disable the missile launch capability.
		USS SAM HOUSTON runs aground in Carr Inlet of the southeast tip of Fox Island in the Puget Sound while operating in shallow water to determine how quiet the vessel is in water.
		USS SAM HOUSTON was laid down on 28 December 1959 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 2 February 1961; sponsored by Mrs.
	navysite.de /ssbn/ssbn609.htm (1257 words)

	Sam Houston at AllExperts
		Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Major Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton and was one of nine children.
		Houston was struck by a Creek arrow at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
		Using his popularity, Houston was twice elected president of the Republic of Texas on September 5, 1836 and served from October 22, 1836 to December 10, 1838, and from December 12, 1841 to December 9, 1844.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sa/sam_houston.htm (2346 words)

	SSBN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a Ballistic Missile Submarine.
		USS Sam Houston (SSBN/SSN-609) The nation's SEVENTH Polaris submarine and second Ethan Allen class Ballistic sub.
		USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) Converted to dockside trainer and reclassied as Floating Equipment serving as S5W Prototype.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-SSBN.html (312 words)

	Sam Houston Summary
		Houston was born on March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va. Following the death of his father, he and his mother moved to Blount County, Tenn., in 1807.
		Houston's reputation survived his death: posthumous commemmoration has included a memorial museum, historical park, a university named for him, and the largest statue of an American hero.
		The Sam Houston Schoolhouse in Maryville, Tennessee, is Tennessee's oldest schoolhouse.
	www.bookrags.com /Sam_Houston (3249 words)

	Sam Houston
		The second Sam Houston (SSBN-609) was laid down on 28 December 1959 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 2 February 1961; sponsored by Mrs.
		On her first patrol, Sam Houston, manned by the blue crew, operated continuously submerged for 48 days and 2 hours, then moored alongside the submarine tender, Proteus, in Holy Loch, Scotland.
		The crews were again alternated, and Sam Houston departed on her third patrol in March.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s3/sam_houston-ii.htm (803 words)

	Submarine Centennial Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS George Washington (SSBN-598), after long deployment on many submerged patrols, completes her initial overhaul and is refit to carry the 2,500-mile range Polaris A-3 missile.
		USS Scorpion (SSN-589) is reported overdue and presumed lost during her transit from the Mediterranean to Norfolk.
		USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) and USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) are decommissioned.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/history/chrono.html (3046 words)

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		On 22 October 1836, Houston was inaugurated President of the Republic of Texas and held the office until December 1838.
		When Texas was annexed to the United States, Houston was elected as one of the state’s United States senators, and he served in the Senate until 1859, when displeasure over his loyalty to the Union prompted the Texas Legislature to replace him.
		Complement: 110 Armament: 16 Polaris; 4 21” torpedo tubes Class: ETHAN ALLEN The second SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) was laid down on 28 December 1959 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 2 February 1961; sponsored by Mrs.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ssbn609.txt (978 words)

	USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)
		(Several ships have been named USS Houston for the city of Houston, Texas -- which was of course named in honor of Sam Houston.) Her keel was laid down on 28 December 1959 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia.
		In 1981, in compliance with the SALT I treaty, the missile section of Sam Houston was decommissioned.
		Cement blocks were placed in the missile tubes, the missile fire control system was removed as was one of the ship's inertialnavigation systems.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_sam_houston__ssbn_609_.html (710 words)

	USS Sam Houston II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The second Sam Houston (SSBN-609) was laid down on 28 December 19.~9 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 2 February 1961; sponsored by Mrs.
		On her first patrol, Sam Houston, manned by the blue crew, operated continuously submerged for 48 days and 2 hours, then moored alongside the submarine tender, Proteus, in Holy Loch, Scotland.
		As of May 1974, Sam Houston is still in port at Charleston, S.C.
	www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/samhoustonII.html (439 words)

	Green Foods - Search Results
		USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) - One of the 41 For Freedom Ballistic Missile Submarines of the Cold War.
		USS Sam Houston (SSBN/SSN-609) - The nation's SEVENTH Polaris submarine and second Ethan Allen class Ballistic sub.
		USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) - Converted to dockside trainer and reclassied as Floating Equipment serving as S5W Prototype.
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	samhouston
		In 1981 SAM HOUSTON was redesigated SSN-609. Her missiles were removed. She was subsequently modified to carry 2 Dry Deck Shelters on the After Deck in support of Special Ops (Pacific).
		Sam Houston then went on DDS trials in Bangor Wash. returning to Pearl Harbor in June '88.
		After 29 years of service SAM HOUSTON was decommissioned and struck from Navy List on 6 June 1991. She was disposed of by SRP on 28 June 1993.
	www.geocities.com /capecanaveral/hall/6853/samhouston.html (231 words)

	FBM History Jan 61 to Jun 62
		As a result, construction of SSBNs 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 (initially planned for FY 62 budget) were authorized in fiscal year 1961.
		USS PATRICK HENRY returned from patrol and came alongside the PROTEUS in Holy Loch, Scotland, to become first SSBN to use Holy Loch as a refit and upkeep anchorage.
		USS ETHAN ALLEN, operating in the Pacific as a unit of Joint Task Force 8, successfully fired a POLARIS A-1 missile with a nuclear warhead.
	www.us-submarine.com /5.html (635 words)

	Submarine Photo Index
		The officers and crew of the Sam Houston (SSBN-609) stand at attention as she slides down the shipway at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 2 February 1961.
		Sam Houston (SSBN-609) returns to Holy Loch in Scotland on 9 July 1963 after her first Polaris patrol in the Mediterranean.
		Sam Houston (SSBN-609) in drydock in Apra Harbor, Guam circa 1978.
	www.navsource.org /archives/08/08609.htm (903 words)

	FBM History Oct 74 to May 75 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The extended SSBN upkeep concept, a 60~ay period, spaced at 4 and 7 1/2 years, allowed accomplishment of preventive/corrective maintenance not possible during a normal 32-day upkeep.
		USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622), the 29th ship in the POSEIDON conversion program, commenced conversion at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
		Overhaul of USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN 609) was completed at Charleston Naval Shipyard, a 27.25-month overhaul.
	www.us-submarine.com /21.html (445 words)

	USS Sam Houston SSBN-609 Polaris missile the President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston Newport News, Virginia Holy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS Sam Houston SSBN-609 Polaris missile the President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston Newport News, Virginia Holy Loch Scotland NATO Charleston, South Carolina SALT I treaty hull classification symbol
		SSN-780; USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609) USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) USS San Francisco (SSN...
		Image provided by David Klinger, who was a former CO of USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609).
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	FBM History Jul 62 to Mar 64
		USS THOMAS A. departed Charleston, S.C., to go on operational patrol with 16 POLARIS A-2 missiles.
		USS JOHN C. was Launched Miss Rosalie J. Calhoun (Sponsor) (Note: This one at NNS&D).
		USS PROTEUS (AS 19), the first FBM submarine tender assigned to Holy Loch, became the first FBM submarine tender at Rota, Spain.
	www.us-submarine.com /6.html (676 words)

	UDT Europe 2007 \| Biography: Vice Admiral J. Guy Reynolds
		Nine months later he qualified in submarines onboard the USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN 601) becoming the first officer to qualify in nuclear submarines without having previously qualified on a diesel submarine.
		In June 1979, Vadm Reynolds assumed command of the submarine tender USS SPERRY (AS 12).
		USS SPERRY was responsible for the upkeep and modernization of submarines attached to the Pacific Fleet.
	www.udt-europe.com /committee/biography.asp?bio=jgreynolds (489 words)

	Submarine Recycling Program
		USS Arkansas is aboard, it will be inactivated and decommissioned later this year.
		You will see submarines in all phases of SRP, from the beginning (USS Grayling) to the final stages where the pieces left are about the size of a large truck.
		The torpedo tubes, impulse tanks, and section of pressure hull in the first photograph were taken from USS Tecumseh (SSBN 628).
	donshelton.net /djs-srp1.htm (1466 words)

	Adventures in Troubleshooting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS Sam Houston, SSBN 609 (President of a foreign country before Texas joined the union)
		USS Sam Rayburn, SSBN 635 (I actually had to look this one up - he was a Speaker of the House)
		USS Simon Bolivar, SSBN 641 (As far as I know, had absolutely nothing to do with the USA, except where they were an insipiration)
	www.tombridge.com /rta/2003/11/nautilus_photos.html (239 words)

	History for USS Sam Houston - SSBN 609
		USS Sam Houston SSBN-609 Displacement: Surfaced: 6,900 t.
		Complement: 110 Armament: 16 Polaris; 4 21” torpedo tubes Class: ETHAN ALLEN The second SAM HOUSTON (SSBN-609) was...
		I enlisted in September 1970 the day after my 17th birthday and was in Boot camp by the end of the month.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,202287,00.html (103 words)

	DC Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On April 29, 1988, the Ethan Allen class submarine, USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) ran aground in Carr Inlet southeast of Fox Island, Puget Sound, WA.
		The submarine was conducting operations in shallow water to determine how quiet it is in the water.
		The submarine rescue ship USS Florikan (ASR 9) and four tugs freed the submarine the next day.
	www.dcfp.navy.mil /mc/museum/SHOUSTON/SHOUSTON.htm (85 words)

	eBay Store - Veramar-Naval Ship Prints: Submarines SSBN: USS Robert E. Lee SSBN 601 Canvas Print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		USS Robert E. Lee SSBN 601 Canvas Print
		USS HENRY M JACKSON SSBN 730 Canvas Print
		USS City of Corpus Christi SSN 705 Canvas Print
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	YNCS(SS) Robert Jon Cox, USN (Ret.)
		Cox supported USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN 609) in a temporary duty status in November/December 1980.
		In September 1985 Cox was assigned to the diesel-electric submarine USS DARTER (SS 576), homeported in Sasebo, Japan where he served as Administrative Officer.
		In April 1993, Cox was assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS PASADENA (SSN 752) homeported in San Diego, California.
	www.bosamar.com /cox/cox_navy_bio.html (577 words)

	USS Sam Houston - SSN 609 - Unit Pages
		Sam Houston SSBN 609 Blue crew 71-72 pictures
		trying to locate Robert Hale which was a rmcs onboard sam houston...anyone with knowlege of his loca...
		Get customized gear and clothing for the USS Sam Houston - SSN 609 at an exclusive discount through Military.com.
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	USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) Crew List
		The Sam Houston was my Qual Boat and one of my most life changing expriences.
		I made 5 patrols on the Houston starting in Holylock and ending in Rota.
		Made 3 SSBN patrols, and stayed with the boat upon conversion to SSN, and into Bremerton shipyard.
	www.navysite.de /crew.php?action=ship&ship=SSBN_609 (1145 words)

	Ship Models, Restoration, Repair, Custom Casegoods and Custom Model Building Museum Quality
		SSBN 609 / SSN 609 Ethan Allen Class with Dry Docks and SDV
		SSBN 645 Ben Franklin Class with SEAL Team Delivery
		Now Accepting Custom Commissions for Both 1/720th and 1/350th USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Models
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	The Goat Locker
		I was a Reactor Technician and RO on the USS Halibut SSGN 587 from late '61 to May '64.
		Comments: I qualified aboard USS Balao, AGSS 285 in 1962, at Key West, rode her a year then to the USS Tirante SS 420, at Key West, in 1963, and finally to the USS Ronquil SS 396, at San Diego in 1966.
		I served on the USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635) from the yards at portsmouth, NH.
	www.goatlocker.org /oldlogs/oldlogs1.htm (5995 words)

	Bulletin Board for USS Sam Houston - SSBN 609
		Hi, My father, who passed away in 1998 also served on the Sam Houston.
		I also have a bunch of pictures from that time I scanned in the computer.
		If you are interested, please contact me. There are a bunch that I believe are of the crews on the Sam Houston.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,202287\|782301\|M,00.html (131 words)

	The Webmaster - Robert Jon Cox
		My interest started when I was growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (yes, I'm a YOOPER, and proud of it!), far away from the oceans, so it seemed.
		ext, in 1993, I was assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS PASADENA (SSN 752) homeported in San Diego.
		John Ibe from the USS ST LO and VC-65 Survivors Association who sought the rights to print my book, "The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf", in support of Taffy III Organization's Bob Hope Military Tribute Memorial project in San Diego.
	www.bosamar.com /cox/author.html (1583 words)

	USS Sam Houston - SSBN 609 - Unit Pages
		USS Sam Houston - SSBN 609 - Unit Pages
		I served on the Sam Houston in 1976-77.
		Get customized gear and clothing for the USS Sam Houston - SSBN 609 at an exclusive discount through Military.com.
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