USS Growler SSG-577 (in work)

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USS Growler (SSG-577), an early cruise missile submarine of the Grayback class, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the growler. Growler and Grayback were the only two submarines built in this class. What makes Growler and her sister unusual was her nuclear armament, deployed on a non-nuclear diesel-electric submarine. Her mission was to provide nuclear deterrent capability off the Pacific Coast of the Soviet Union during peak years of the Cold War, from 1958 to 1964. She became obsolete with the deployment of nuclear-powered submarines equipped with ballistic missiles.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Growler_(SSG-577)
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Coordinates:   58°5'55"S   158°33'14"W
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