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USS POGY SSN 647 ATTACK SUBMARINE~CACHE~NOV 1993 CNX IN SAN DIEGO FINE/VERY FINE
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USS POGY SSN 647 NOV 1993 CANCELLED IN SAN DIEGO, CA. CACHE COVER TIED TO A SC 2609 29¢ COIL STAMP~FINE/VERY FINE.The second Pogy was laid down 5 May 1964 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden N.J.; launched 3 June 1967 and sponsored by Mrs. George Wales. T
he contract for the construction of Pogy was canceled 5 June 1967 and the submarine was towed to Philadelphia for temporary berthing. On 7 December 1967, the contract for construction of Pogy was reassigned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and the incomplete submarine was towed to that shipyard on 8 January 1968 for completion. Seven days underway, from Philadelphia to Pascagoula,the tow line broke and Pogy was adrift. Pogy was commissioned on 15 May 1971.
SSN-647 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Class: Sturgeon-class submarine
Named for: The pogy
Complement: 14 Officers and 95 Enlisted
Displacement: 3975 tons
Length: 292 feet
Beam: 32 feet
Flank Speed: 15 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 12 April 2000
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