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Title: USS Narwhal is dismantled for scrap
Post by: MillCreek on October 06, 2020, 10:32:41 AM

https://amp-kitsapsun-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.kitsapsun.com/amp/3578858001?usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D&fbclid=IwAR3iSgFVU90YWiIATt-uCBG9k4FifWJeETRafsk1ES-gcmAAlwkjAhflvgY&amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitsapsun.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F10%2F05%2Fgoodbye-narwhal-submarine-whose-stealth-changed-navy-dismantled%2F3578858001%2F

I had thought that the Navy stored the old reactors at Idaho Falls, and was interested to see that they are stored at Hanford now. 

Title: Re: USS Narwhal is dismantled for scrap
Post by: RoadKingLarry on October 06, 2020, 02:43:30 PM

The class of boats that Narwhal was a part of (Sturgeon/637 class) were in their day the deadliest ASW platform in existence. They were also one of the greatest intelligence gathering tools we had. I may be a little biased but even the next generation of fast attack boats, the Los Angles /688 class, were not their equal.
Steel boats and iron men.