| LAPON was laid down 26
July 1965 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.,
Newport News, Va.; launched 16 December 1966; sponsored by
Mrs. Charles D. Griffin; and commissioned 14 December 1967,
Comdr. Chester M. Mack in command. Upon commissioning, LAPON
reported to Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet for
duty, with her homeport at Norfolk, Va.
She spent most of 1968 going
through training programs and cruising along the east coast
of the United States. Into 1969, she is preparing for a
Mediterranean deployment and will join the 6th Fleet.
Deactivated while still in
commission on 1 October 1991, LAPON was decommissioned on 25
June 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the
following 8 August. She is stored at Bremerton, Washington,
awaiting her start in the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and
Submarine Recycling Program. |
