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The second POLLACK (SSN-603) was
laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.,
14 March 1960; launched 17 March 1962; sponsored by Mrs.
John O. Pastore; and commissioned 26 May 1964, Comdr. Harvey
E. Lyon in command.
POLLACK reported to Commander in
Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet for duty, and became a unit of
Submarine Squadron 4, homeported in Charleston, S.C. After
shakedown in the Caribbean, she underwent a six-month
evaluation as an antisubmarine warfare weapon. Most of 1965
was spent at sea evaluating new ASW tactics, participating
in a destroyer versus submarine evaluation, and practicing
an anti-shipping mission.
During 1966, POLLACK was evaluated
in coordinated ASW operations. She spent most of 1967 at sea,
making various weapons tests. On 1 March 1968, POLLACK's
homeport was changed to Norfolk and she became a unit of
Submarine Squadron 10, the first all nuclear attack
submarine squadron in the Navy. POLLACK remains with the
Atlantic Fleet into 1970.
Decommissioned and stricken from
the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1989, former POLLACK
went through the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine
Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington from 9 February
1993 to 17 February 1995. When finished, she no longer
existed as a complete ship.
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