PLEASE FOLLOW OUR E BAY STORE. SALE SEE OUR STORE. PLEASE READ WHOLE ADD. We do not want your feed back. We want your repeat business. We get that by posting new items at a fair price. USS KENTUCKY BALLISTIC MISSILE SUB SSBN-737 OFFICER’S BADGE STERLING SILVER. 1″H x 2 5/8″W. Back stamped: SSBN-737 G W-32 USA STERLING. Sterling Silver Officers hat badges both are sterling silver, these are WW2 officers would wear sterling silver hat badges on dress uniforms and look extra sharp. General Dynamics Electric Boat. Thoroughbred of the Fleet. Gold Crew: Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award First Place 2002. (Battle “E”) 2006, 2009. Ney Memorial Award Honorable Mention 2007. 16,764 long tons (17,033 t) surfaced. 18,750 long tons (19,050 t) submerged. 2 × geared turbines. 1 × 325 hp (242 kW) auxiliary motor. Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). Greater than 800 feet (240 m). 20 × Trident II. USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) is a United States Navy. Which has been in commission since 1991. She is the third U. The contract to build Kentucky was awarded to the Electric Boat. Division of General Dynamics. On 13 August 1985 and her keel. Was laid down there on 18 December 1987. On 11 August 1990, sponsored by Carolyn Pennebaker Hopkins, who used a custom blend of Kentucky bourbon whiskey. Mixed for the occasion, rather than the traditional bottle of champagne. On 13 July 1991, with Captain. Riegel commanding the Blue Crew and Captain Joseph Henry commanding the Gold Crew. Kentucky firing an SLBM in 2015 as part of a test. On 19 March 1998 south of Long Island, New York. Kentucky collided with the attack submarine. USS San Juan (SSN-751). No personnel suffered any injuries. Were conducting a joint training drill prior to deployment. S stern planes was slightly damaged; San Juan. S forward ballast tank was breached, but San Juan was able to surface and return to port. In both 2001 and 2002, Kentucky. S Gold Crew won first place in the United States Atlantic Fleet. In the Captain Edward F. Submarine Afloat Galley competition for outstanding food service. S Blue and Gold Crews were awarded the Omaha Trophy for service as the best ballistic missile submarine in 2009. The submarine came into close contact of about 800 meters with the freighter near British Columbia. In the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In January 2012 USS Kentucky entered her Engineering Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. On 7 November 2015, an unarmed missile launched from Kentucky during a test caused buzz on social media as it was mistaken for a UFO. The launch was also widely reported by the Southern California broadcast media. On 13 March 2016, following completion of her ERO, Kentucky deployed for the boat’s first strategic deterrent mission since 2011. On July 18 2023, Kentucky made a port visit to the Busan Naval Base. The first such visit in over forty years. Just days prior, USS Tennessee (SSBN-734). Made a port visit to HMNB Clyde. This was allegedly conducted as a show of force and to demonstrate the capabilities of the U. During the visit, the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol. Commander of the ROK-U. Combined Forces Command, called the USS Kentucky a strategic American asset for extended deterrence, adding that the first visit by an American SSBN to Korea in over 40 years shows the ironclad U. Commitment to defending the Republic of Korea.