Better Together – USS Tautog Submariners reunite on Veterans Day

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The “Terrible T” – as it was affectionately known – was a Sturgeon-class submarine, a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the U.S. Navy from the 1960s until 2004. They were the “workhorses” of the Navy’s attack submarine fleet through much of the Cold War. The Sturgeon class was phased out and replaced by Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia class submarines.

Better Together – USS Tautog Submariners reunite on Veterans Day

Former crew members of the USS Tautog II (SSN-639) “Silent Vigilance” and their families reunited on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2023, at the Galveston Naval Museum in Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas. In 2006, the sail (the tower-like structure found on the topside surface of submarines) of the Tautog became an exhibit at the Galveston Naval Museum at Seawolf Park. U.S. Army photo by Luke Waack.

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