USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632): Difference between revisions

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In the early 1980s, the Von Steuben was converted to carry the new Trident C-4 missile. During the 1980s and early 1990s, the Von Steuben operated out of Kings Bay, Georgia as part of Submarine Squadron 16. Off-crew periods were spent training in Charleston, SC, where all the crews' families lived.

''Von Steuben'' was decommissioned on [[26 February]] [[1994]] and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[26 February]] [[1994]]. Ex-''Von Steuben'' entered the Nuclear Powered [[Ship and Submarine Recycling Program]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]], on [[1 October]] [[2000]], and on [[30 October]] [[2001]] ceased to exist.