USS Pollack (SSN-603)
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USS Pollack (SSN-603), a Permit-class
Thresher/Permit class submarine
The Thresher/Permit-class was a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy from the 1960s until 1994. They replaced the class...
attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy
United States Navy
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to be named for the pollack
Pollack
Pollack is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan W. Pollack, musicologist* Andrea Pollack , swimmer* Ben Pollack , drummer and bandleader* Brittany Pollack, New York City Ballet dancer* David M. Pollack, , American football linebacker...
, a food fish resembling the true cod
Cod
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, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
The contract to build Pollack was awarded to New York Shipbuilding
New York Shipbuilding
The New York Shipbuilding Corporation was founded in 1899 and opened its first shipyard in 1900. Located in Camden, New Jersey on the east shore of the Delaware River, New York Ship built more than 500 vessels for the U.S...
Corporation in Camden, New Jersey
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on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 14 March 1960. She was launched
Ship naming and launching
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on 17 March 1962 sponsored by Mrs. John Pastore, and commissioned
Ship commissioning
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on 26 May 1964, with Commander Harvey E. Lyon in command.
Service history
Pollack reported to Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic FleetU.S. Atlantic Fleet
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for duty, and became a unit of Submarine Squadron 4, homeported in Charleston, South Carolina. After shakedown in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
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, she underwent a six-month evaluation as an anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
(ASW) weapon.
Most of 1965 was spent at sea evaluating new ASW tactics, participating in a destroyer
Destroyer
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versus submarine
Submarine
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evaluation, and practicing an anti-shipping mission. Also during 1965 Pollack earned the Navy Unit Commendation
Navy Unit Commendation
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.
During 1966, Pollack was evaluated in coordinated ASW operations. She spent most of 1967 at sea, making various weapons tests. On 1 March 1968, Pollacks homeport was changed to Norfolk, Virginia
Naval Station Norfolk
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, and she became a unit of Submarine Squadron 10, the first all-nuclear attack submarine squadron in the Navy. Pollack remained with the Atlantic Fleet into 1970.
- History from 1970 to 1975 needed.
Following refueling overhaul at Charleston Naval Shipyard
Charleston Naval Shipyard
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, Pollack was transferred to the Pacific Fleet and SubRon-3. She made a liberty call in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
Roosevelt Roads Naval Station
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and transited the Panama Canal to reach her new home port of San Diego, California, in March 1975.
- History from 1975 to 1979 needed.
In 1979 Pollack began a refit in Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
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in Vallejo, California
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. She returned to Submarine Squadron 3, Submarine tender
Submarine tender
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, and San Diego, California
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, in 1982.
- History from 1982 to 1988 needed.
In 1988, Pollack transferred to Submarine Group 5 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
History from 1988 to 1989 needed.
Pollack was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register
Naval Vessel Register
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on 1 March 1989 . Ex-Pollack entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton, Washington
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, on 9 February 1993 and on 17 February 1995 ceased to exist.