Description

USS Daniel Webster SSBN-626 Submarine Model

Sail again with the crew of the USS Daniel Webster SSBN-626 in this handcrafted wooden Submarine Model. Each piece is carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love.

• Length – 20 inches
• Made from Mahogany
• US Veteran Owned Business
• The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine (FBM), was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Senator Daniel Webster.

“She was launched with planes on the main sail. Before Commissioning a forward sail was built and the planes were moved from the sail to then Bow Planes. During the 2nd overhaul in EB in / after 1975 the planes were moved back to the main sail and the bow structure was removed.

Also of significance is she was the 1st to be deployed with the A-3 missiles. I did a fair amount of time being planesman, Maneuvering Watch Helmsman, & Battle Stations Helmsman. Naval History was made March 14, 1970 as we were transiting the Panama Canal. On Gatun Lake, I was Helmsman on the 626. This was the 1st time two nuclear powered subs passed one another there. 626 headed to Pearl Harbor, the other boat was USS Guardfish, SSN-612 which was headed to the shipyard in Mississippi for overhaul. I never broached at PD! One other disadvantage was having an over compensating planesman on the helm, in sonar you heard the hydraulics swishing.”

Operational history

While in service, Daniel Webster was the last Lafayette-class submarine to be retrofitted to carry UGM-73 Poseidon missiles.[5]

Patrol history includes: Patrol 50 (Gold Crew) July, 1982 from Holy Loch, port calls Groton, CT, and Kings Bay, GA; Patrol 52 Feb 1983 ERP Holy Loch; Patrol 56 March 1984 from Holy Loch, port call Naples, Italy; port call Groton, CT in transit to the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, SC, March 1985; ERP Charleston, April 1985; Patrol 60 June 1985; Patrol 66 (Gold Crew) December 1986 – March 1987; port call Naples, Italy, March 1987; Patrol 68 June 1987 from Holy Loch, port call November 1987 Lisbon, Portugal.

Decommissioning and conversion
Daniel Webster was decommissioned on 30 August 1990 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. She was converted to a moored training ship (MTS) and S5W reactor prototype training facility, by the Charleston Naval Shipyard at Charleston, South Carolina. Upon completion and designated MTS-626, she was towed up-river to her permanent berth at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston.