USS Hunley AS-31

by Jim Collins BM3 (Boats)
"Boatswain's Mates are true shipmates!"

USS Fulton AS 11  '60 - '60  State Pier, New London, CT

USS Proteus AS 19  '62 - '63  Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland

USS Hunley AS 31  '63 - '64  Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland

At the USS Hunley reunion of June 2008 in Norfolk, VA the subject of being a Origination, having by-laws, officers, and a treasury for reunion start-up money.

As it stands now, we are setting up the paper work, (coping by-laws from other origination that people are with, taking the best part and leaving the rest.) and will see that people with current roster information will be notified.

To check that your information is current eMail Jim

Organization:  An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. The word itself is derived from the Greek word "organon" meaning tool.

HUNLEY (AS 31)
SUBMARINE TENDER
STATS

Unit Identification Code (UIC): 04689
Class: AS 31

Status: Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal) 37.7 years
Stricken Date: 05/03/1995
Date status changed: 05/01/1999

Builder: Newport News / NEWPT
Delivery Date: 06/16/1962
Award Date: 11/16/1959 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): 36.9 years
Keel Date: 11/28/1960
Launch Date: 09/28/1961
Commission Date: 06/16/1962
Decommission Date: 09/30/1994
Years from Commission to Decommission: 32.3
Overall Length: 599 ft
Waterline Length: 570 ft
Draft Limit: 27 ft
Light Displacement: 12852 tons
Full Displacement: 17640 tons
Dead Weight: 4788 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.

Remarks:
Hunley was sold by Marad for scrap to Southern Scrap Materials Co., LA on 05 Jan 2007.

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Started on: 30 June 2008
Last revised: 4 July, 2008 by ThistleGroup.