Product code: USS deals Tautog Submarine SSN 639 small Brass Plaque
Brass Plaque (small) from USS Tautog deals Submarine SSN 639
Brass & Wood
NameUSS Tautog
NamesakeThe tautog, a type of wrasse.
Ordered30 November 1961
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down27 January 1964
Launched15 April 1967
Sponsored byPauline Lafon Gore
Commissioned17 August 1968
Decommissioned31 March 1997
Stricken31 March 1997
IdentificationHull number: SSN-639
MottoSilent Vigilance
Nickname(s)"The Terrible T"
FateScrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 November 2004
StatusRecycled