Shipmates,
We would like to collect dates on patrols and significant events as well as crew lists for each period as possible. As you can see we are at the very beginning stages of this effort. Please review the below current info and if you have info to share, please email at the address below. I’d like to see what kind of progress we can make between now and our 2019 Reunion.
Patrol # or Significant Event | Start Date | End Date | Location | Comments |
Contract | 29-Jul-63 | EB, Groton, CT | ||
Keel Laid | 20-Mar-66 | EB, Groton, CT | ||
Launched | 21-Jul-66 | EB, Groton, CT | ||
Sea Trials | Feb-67 | |||
Polaris ballistic missile launch | 31-Jul-67 | Atlantic Missile Range off Cape Kennedy, Florida | ||
Patrol 1 | Oct-67 | departed Charleston, S.C. | ||
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Patrol 6 | Jan-70 | Mar-70 | Rota, Spain | |
Patrol 7 | Apr-70 | Jun-70 | ||
Patrol 8 | Jul-70 | Sep-70 | Holy Loch, Scotland | |
Patrol 9 | Oct-70 | Dec-70 | Holy Loch, Scotland | |
Patrol 10 | Jan-71 | Mar-71 | Holy Loch, Scotland | |
Patrol 11 | Apr-71 | Jun-71 | Holy Loch, Scotland | |
Patrol 12 | Jul-71 | Sep-71 | Holy Loch, Scotland | |
Patrol 13 | Oct-71 | Dec-71 | Holy Loch, Scotland | |
POSEIDON conversion | Oct-72 | Feb-74 | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | |
Gold Crew | 15-May-74 | launched two POSEIDON (C-3) missiles in support of the ship’s Demonstration and Shakedown Operation. | ||
22-Sep-74 | Deployed for operational patrol. Following C-3 conversion at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, ROGERS launched a POSEIDON (C-3) missile in support of the ship’s Demonstration and Shakedown Operation. | |||
Blue Crew | 22-Oct-74 | Successfully launched four POSEIDON (C-3) missiles in an Operational Test. | ||
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