USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) - Decommissioning and Disposal

Decommissioning and Disposal

Decommissioned on 24 January 1985 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 April 1986, ex-Thomas Jefferson started the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton on 1 October 1996 and ceased to exist upon completion of the recycling process on 6 March 1998. The sail is preserved in a park adjacent to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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