USS Grayling (SSN-646)
USS ''Grayling'' (SSN-646), a attack submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Arctic grayling, grayling. Her keel was laid down in 1964, and she was launched just over three years later, and commissioned in 1969. She was involved in the submarine incident off Kola Peninsula on 20 March 1993, when she collided with the Russian Navy submarine . She was decommissioned in 1997, and disposed of a year later. Construction and commissioning The contract to build ''Grayling'' was awarded on 5 September 1962 and her keel was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine, Kittery, Maine, on 12 May 1964. She was Ship naming and launching#United States, launched on 22 June 1967, sponsored by Miss Lori Brinker, the daughter of Lieutenant commander (United States), Lieutenant Commander Robert Brinker, who was commanding officer of the previous when she was lost with all hands in September 1943 during World War II. ''Grayling'' (SSN-646) was ...
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USS Grayling (SSN-646)2
USS ''Grayling'' has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: *USS ''Grayling'' (SS-18), a D-class submarine launched in 1909, renamed in 1911, and decommissioned in 1922 *, a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 *, a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 *, a ''Tambor''-class submarine launched in 1940 and lost in September 1943 *, a ''Tench''-class submarine canceled in 1945 prior to construction *, a ''Sturgeon''-class submarine launched in 1967 and stricken in 1997 {{Ship index, Grayling United States Navy ship names, Grayling ja:グレイリング ...
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