USS Hawkbill (SSN 666) was launched on April 12, 1969 at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard and was the last of the Sturgeon class (637) Fast Attack Submarine. Hawkbill was decommissioned on March 15, 2000. The sail was shipped to the Idaho Science Center in Arco, Idaho
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Photo of the launch of the USS Hawkbill (SS 366) launched on 9 January 1944 in the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. A Balao class boat, after “sea trials” on Lake Michigan it transited to New Orleans via the Illinois River, then by barge down the
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