USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) was first commissioned in 1967. Its primary goal was to counteract the Soviet undersea threat and protect the Navy’s growing fleet of ballistic missile subs. Sturgeon ...
Open Hatches: On May 15, 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, sank while under construction at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California.