Previously Held NEC QM-0000-Quartermaster
MT-3319-Missile and Missile Checkout Technician (TRIDENT D-5 SWS)
MT-9502-Instructor
MT-3312-Missile Technician Trident II SWS D-5 BACKFIT
NC-9588-Career Information Program Advisor
USS GUARDFISH (SSN-612) was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. The Keel was laid on 28 February 1961, and the ship was launched on 15 May 1965. On20 December 1966, USS GUARDFISH was placed in commission. Commander G. A. Hines, Jr., USN, assumed command. GUARDFISH departed Camden, New Jersey, on 15 February 1967, and commenced shakedown training, conducting exercises in the San Juan, Puerto Rico area. Upon completion of these exercises, GUARDFISH transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet as a unit of Submarine Squadron Seven, homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She participated in several submarine operations in the Pacific, steaming over 40,000 miles in her first year at sea.