USS Daniel Boone History

75 Strategic Deterrent Patrols

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David Cantrell

Navy Unit Awards

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Navy Unit Commendation	1 Dec 1964	29 Feb 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation	1 Jul 1968	19 Apr 1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation	12 Aug 1970	25 Apr 1971
National Defense Service Medal	1964	1974
Meritorious Unit Commendation	1 Jan 1991	31 De 1992
Navy Battle E Submarine Squadron 16	1 Oct 1991	31 Dec 1992
Navy League Atlantic Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Top Performer
Omaha Trophy For “the outstanding Ballistic Missile Unit in the United States Strategic Command”, first Navy unit to win the award in 22 years.	1992
National Defense Service Medal	1990	1994
US Atlantic Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Outstanding Performance Award	1992

Timeline

Date	Event
1961	Congress authorized construction of USS Daniel Boone
1962, Feb 22	Keel laid at Mare Island Naval Shipyard
1963, Apr 10	USS Thresher, SSN-593, lost in the Atlantic Ocean during sea trials. Modifications were made to the USS Daniel Boone as a result. The changes in procedures and equipment would enable this boat to protect her crew and country for the rest of her life.
1963, Jun 22	Launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard
1964, Apr 23	Commissioned the 22nd Polaris submarine at Mare Island Naval Shipyard
1964, May 1	Left for shake-down cruise visiting Washington, Hawaii, and Florida, also transited the Panama Canal.
1964, May 26	Blue Crew arrived Pearl Harbor becoming first Polaris submarine to enter the port.
1964, Jul 16	Poseidon A-3 missile launches at Port Canaveral, FL, Blue Crew First traveled 2,000 miles over Atlantic Second fell short of intended range
1964, Jul 29	Two Poseidon A-3 missile launches, Gold Crew. Visited the Virgin Islands, South Carolina, crossed the Panama Canal.
1964, Sep 9	Westward transit through Panama Canal
1964, Sep 21	Returned to Mare Island Naval Shipyard for post-shakedown availability and final fitting for deployment.
1964, Nov 8	Gold Crew departed for Pearl Harbor.
1964, Nov 23	Sailed from Pearl Harbor for Guam, Marianas Islands mooring alongside USS Proteus (AS-19) for first Polaris Missile loading by a tender.
1964, Nov 28	Equator Crossing (Shellback)
1964, Dec 25	Departed Guam on first Pacific deterrent patrol, Blue Crew
1965, Jan 3	Blue Crew arrived Pearl Harbor
1965, Feb 15	Equator Crossing (Shellback)
1965, APR 8	First Patrol, Gold Crew
1968, Feb	Poseidon A-3 missile launch, Gold Crew, crossed the equator and launched in the South Pacific
1968, Oct 7	USS Daniel Boone awarded Navy Unit Commendation for 14 deterrent patrols from Dec 25, 1964 and Feb 1968. Award accepted by Gold Crew in Pearl Harbor
1969, Mar 31	After 19 patrols and over 1,000 days submerged in the Pacific, Daniel Boone arrived Pearl Harbor.
1969, May	Departed for Newport News, Virginia for conversion to the new Poseidon Missile. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. was awarded a $24,887,614 contract to overhaul, alter, and convert the submarine by Naval Ship Systems Command. After the overhaul, the ship was only loaded with $20,000 worth of spare parts, half of the amount purchased for the MK-48 torpedo. NAVORDSYSCOM documentation did not agree with that from SPCC requiring a more intense focus on the MK-48 configuration spares.
1970, May 29	USS Daniel Boone collides with Philippine Merchant Ship, SS President Quezon off Cape Henry, VA. Both vessels proceeded on their own power.
1970, Aug	Completed overhaul and refueling and sailed to Cape Kennedy, FL and fired four ballistic missiles.
1970, Sep 8	Poseidon C-3 missile launch, Blue Crew
1970, Sep 21	Poseidon C-3 missile launch, Blue Crew
1970, Nov 27	Poseidon C-3 missile launch, Blue Crew Following these firings, a Weapons System Acceptance Test and Acoustic trials were completed visiting Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
1971, Apr 26	Completed missile load out at Charleston, SC and begin deterrent patrols from Holy Loch Scotland as a unit of Submarine Squadron Fourteen
1972, Jun 27	Awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation in Holy Loch, Scotland for the fine performance during the fall 1970 missile tests.
1973, Mar 24	US 4th Circuit of Appeals rules that the Daniel Boone was the sole cause of the collision with the SS President Quezon. The boat was headed east at 15-16 knots and suddenly veered into the freighter bow.
1973	Arctic Circle Crossing, Blue Nose, William Barnett
1975, Dec 5	Returned to Charleston after the 37th patrol in preparation for the second overhaul
1976, Mar 18	Arrived Naval Submarine Base New London
1976, Mar	Departed for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard overhaul
1978, Mar 24	Completed overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Traveled to Port Canaveral, FL for post-overhaul shakedown trials and DASO.
1978, May 15	Poseidon C-3 missile launch down Air Force eastern test range, Blue Crew
1979, Oct 12	Realm of the Arctic Circle, Charles Dobbins
1980, Jan	Operational control transferred to Submarine Squadron Sixteen at King's Bay, GA.
1980, Spring	Converted to carry Trident I, C-4 missile
1980, Jul 21	Trident C-4 missile launch, Gold Crew
1980, Sep	Began patrols from Kings Bay.
198?	During a tug relocation of the Daniel Boone at Kings Bay, GA, a collision occurred with the Casimir Pulaski that was already moored at the pier. (Woodley Frampton)
1984, Apr	Crews combined after completing patrol 57, the 13th from Kings Bay
1984, Oct	Departed to Newport News Shipbuilding for refueling overhaul.
1985, Jan	Overhaul commenced at Newport News
1987, Apr	Ran aground in James River in Newport News, VA, dragging off the Ship's Propulsion Motor.
1987, May	Completed maintenance period.
1987, Aug 23	Post-overhaul and DASO at Port Canaveral, FL. 4-Trident C-4 missiles were launched by Blue Crew.
1989, Mar	4-Trident C-4 missiles were launched as part of CINCLANTFLT operational test of Trident I missile system.
1991, Summer	Floating dry dock refit in Cooper River by Weapons Station, Goose Creek, SC.
1992, Jan	Halifax Nova Scotia port call.
1992, Jun	Scheduled Preservation Upkeep Coordinated Effort (SPRUCE)
1993, Summer	Completed 75th deterrent patrol at Kings Bay, GA
1993, Jul 10	Inactivation Ceremony conducted at Charleston, SC. Awarded Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation.
1993, Aug 4	Transited through the Panama Canal (Order of the Ditch) for the last time visiting Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Puerto Rico, and San Diego, CA before docking in Bangor, WA.
1964, Aug 6	Equator Crossing (Shellback)
1993, Nov 4	Entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Drydock #4 for scrapping with USS Casimir Pulaski, USS Greenling, and USS John C. Calhoun.
1994, Feb 18	Final Decommissioning Ceremony held for USS Daniel Boone at PSNS, Bremerton, WA. Crew disbanded to blaze new trials throughout the fleet.
--David Winnington --Universal Ship Cancellation Society, Data Sheet #5, Submarine Missile Test Firings 1960 to 1991

Emblem

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David Cantrell

Daniel Boone Masts

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Specifications

Unit Identification Code	05703
1965 CO Pay	$1,352.18/month which includes, base pay, hazardous duty pay, subsistence, and quarters.
Armament	16 Missile tubes 4 Torpedo tubes
Complement per crew	124 Enlisted 14 Officers
Cost	$130,000,000
Depth	> 400 ft
Length	425 feet
Propulsion Plant	78 MW, S5W nuclear reactor plant (5th generation, Westinghouse design) with S3G core-3 (3rd generation General Electric design) Y-shaped control rods in a "skewed divergent" configuration
Surface Displacement	7300 tons
Speed	> 20 knots
Width	33 feet
Submerged Displacement	8250 tons

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Navy Unit Commendation
1 Dec 1964 - 29 Feb 1968

Keith & Nancy Weitemeyer

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Meritorious Unit Commendation
12 Aug 1970 - 25 Apr 1971

Welcome Aboard Packet

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1992 Meritorious Unit Commendation

David Cantrell

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1992 US Atlantic Fleet
Ballistic Missile Submarine
Outstanding Performance Award

David Cantrell