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Service Details
Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1981-1984, 111X, US Marine Corps (USMC)
Previously Held NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
EM-3354-Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant - Electrical
110X-Unrestricted Line Officer - No Specialty Engagement
00E-Unknown NEC/Rate
Service Years
1956 - 1984
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Plank Owner
Polaris Certificate
From Month/Year - / 1963
To Month/Year - / 1964
Unit USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class
NEC EM-3354-Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant - Electrical
Base, Station or City VallejoState/Country California
Patch
Hull number SSBN-629
USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) , a James Madison -class ballistic missile submarine , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the pioneer and frontiersman.
The contract to build Daniel Boone was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo , California , on 21 July 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 6 February 1962. She was launched on 22 June 1963 sponsored by Mrs. James H. Wakelin, Jr., the wife of Dr. James H. Wakelin, Jr.,a physicist who was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development from 1959 until 1964. Daniel Boone was commissioned on 23 April 1964, with Commander George P. Steele, III, in command of the Blue Crew and Lieutenant Commander Alan B. Crabtree in command of the Gold Crew.
Type
Sub-Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine
Created/Owned By
MM Summers, Nicole (minnie mouse), MMFN 105
Last Updated: Nov 20, 2018