SSN-680 Timeline

SSN 680 Timeline

Date Event Category
15 SEP 1976 Ocean Safari '76 SSN-680 Exercises
14 OCT 1976 Return to New London, CT SSN-680 Port Calls
01 DEC 1976 1976 - December - Port Everglades, Florida SSN-680 Photo Galleries
01 FEB 1977 1977 - Spring - Portsmouth, New Hampshire SSN-680 Photo Galleries
01 MAY 1977 1977 - May - SUBASE New London, Groton, Connecticut SSN-680 Photo Galleries
01 JUN 1977 1977 - June - Groton, Connecticut SSN-680 Photo Galleries
01 JUN 1977 Departed New London, CT SSN-680 Events
10 JUN 1977 Northern Run SSN-680 Deployments
15 AUG 1977 Bluenose - Crossed The Arctic Circle SSN-680 Events
16 AUG 1977 Death of Elvis Presley World Events
03 OCT 1977 Holy Loch, Scotland SSN-680 Port Calls
24 OCT 1977 Bremerhaven, Germany SSN-680 Port Calls
01 DEC 1977 Ocean Safari '77 SSN-680 Exercises
10 DEC 1977 End Northern Run SSN-680 Deployments
15 DEC 1977 New London, CT SSN-680 Port Calls
01 FEB 1978 TORPEX - Carribean SSN-680 Exercises
01 MAY 1978 Homeport Change to San Diego, CA SSN-680 Homeports
01 MAY 1978 USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Assigned to SUBRON 11 SSN-680 Events
01 AUG 1978 USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Change of Command
Houley to Hicks		 SSN-680 Events
01 SEP 1978 WestPac '78-'79 SSN-680 Deployments
15 SEP 1978 SPECOP SSN-680 Spec Ops
20 NOV 1978 Apra Harbor, Guam SSN-680 Port Calls
20 DEC 1978 Subic Bay, Philippines SSN-680 Port Calls
27 DEC 1978 Depart for Hong Kong SSN-680 Events
29 DEC 1978 Return to Subic Bay SSN-680 Events
31 DEC 1978 Depart for Indian Ocean - Carrier Escort Duty SSN-680 Events
31 DEC 1978 Subic Bay, Philippines SSN-680 Port Calls
02 JAN 1979 1979 - JANUARY 02 - CROSSING THE LINE! SSN-680 Photo Galleries
02 JAN 1979 Crossing the Line SSN-680 Events
07 FEB 1979 Return to Subic Bay SSN-680 Events
21 FEB 1979 Depart for Hong Kong SSN-680 Events
23 FEB 1979 Hong Kong SSN-680 Port Calls
26 FEB 1979 Depart for Pearl Harbor SSN-680 Events
15 MAR 1979 ORSE SSN-680 Exercises
21 MAR 1979 Enroute to San Diego SSN-680 Events
25 MAR 1979 San Diego, CA SSN-680 Port Calls
28 MAR 1979 Three Mile Island Accident World Events
15 APR 1979 Local Ops SSN-680 Events
04 OCT 1979 Refueling Overhaul - PSNS SSN-680 SRAs
04 NOV 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis World Events
08 DEC 1980 John Lennon Murdered World Events
20 JAN 1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis Ends World Events
13 APR 1981 Gill Net Collision - Hood Canal SSN-680 Events
09 SEP 1981 Depart PSNS SSN-680 Events
10 SEP 1981 Sea Trials SSN-680 Events
15 OCT 1981 Nanaimo, British Columbia SSN-680 Port Calls
28 OCT 1981 Arrive San Diego SSN-680 Events
01 DEC 1981 Daily Ops - SPEP Testing SSN-680 Events
11 AUG 1982 USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Change of Command
Hicks to Uplinger		 SSN-680 Events
02 SEP 1982 Depart San Diego SSN-680 Events
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