Round shaped, brass colored coin, 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • USS Dallas (SSN-700)
Location
Coin Location: 11M4
Homebase: Groton, Connecticut
Deployment: At Sea
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 1 October 2009
Donated by: Commander G.R. Arnold
Copies: 1 of 1

C001468

Location: 11M4 Height: 1.5

Coin: Command

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Narrative

Round shaped, brass colored coin, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

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Journal - Page 36 - Line 6

USS Dallas is the Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine, is the first U.S. Navy ship to bear the name of the City of Dallas, Texas. Her keel was laid on October 9, 1976. She was launched on April 28, 1979, and placed in Commission on July 18, 1981, with Capt. Donald R. Ferrier in command. SSN 700 was the first submarine of the Los Angeles-class to be originally built with an all-digital fire control (tracking and weapon) system and sonar system.

August 3, 2009 Cmdr. George Arnold relieved Cmdr. David Roberts as CO of USS Dallas during a change-of-command ceremony at Squalus Memorial Park in Kittery, Maine.