USS Providence in Photos:

USS Providence in Photos:

USS Providence SSN-719 moored at her home port of The First Navy Jack, which flew over ships of

Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, CT. the Continental Navy of the American Revolution,

now flies on the jackstaff of all US Navy ships

during the Global War on Terror.

The Weapons Shipping Hatch, through which The command passageway, leading into the

MK48 torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles Control Room and Attack Center.

are loaded aboard ship, displays the ship’s crest.

Looking into Control from the forward door of the The Ballast Control Panel (BCP) and Ship’s Control Panel (SCP).

Command Passageway.

The Attack Center (foreground) and Sonar Looking forward in Control from the Quartermaster’s Plot.

Room (background).

Ship’s Alarms; Yellow – General, Red – Collision, Ship’s dedication plaque.

Pink – Power Plant Casualty, Green – Diving,

Large Grey – Diving Klaxon.

Middle Level Passageway (MLPass). Officer’s Wardroom.

Key to the City of Providence, RI. Painting of namesake Continental Sloop Providence

hanging in the Wardroom.

Torpedo tube breech doors (port side). Encapsulated Tomahawk Cruise Missile (upper rack)

and MK48 ADCAP torpedo (lower rack) in the

Torpedo Room (starboard side).

Tomahawk missile is readied for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Missiles in the torpedo room during the strike missions

of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ship’s Laundry. The Emergency Diesel in the Auxiliary Machinery

Room (AMR).

January 1997 – Port visit Ft Lauderdale, FL. January 1997 – Swim Call in the Bahamas.

June 1998 – USS Batfish SSN-681 (left) and August 1998 – Port visit Gibraltar.

USS Providence SSN-719 (right) in port at

Jebel’Ali, United Arab Emirates.

August 1998 – USS Providence returns home March 1999 – Full Dress Ship for Change of Command Ceremony.

from six month deployment to the Persian Gulf.

March 2000 – USS Providence steams down Submarine Centennial Jack, flown by all submarines

the Thames River heading for sea. during the year 2000.

March 2003 – USS August in the Suez Canal (as seen through the Nighttime Tomahawk missile launch from

periscope) shortly before the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. USS Providence in the Red Sea.

Daytime missile launch in the Red Sea. Missile Control Panel in Vertical Launch Control

(VLC) showing all but one vertical tube empty.

Battle Flag of the USS Providence Battle Flag of the USS Providence

for Operation Enduring Freedom (2001). for Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).

July 2008 – The USS Providence makes a stop at the North Pole July 2008 – Providence commemorates the 50^th anniversary of the first

en route to the Pacific. Photos by YN1/ss J. Thompson & trans-polar crossing by USS Nautilus SSN-571 in 1958. Photos by

ET1/ss Matthew D. Cabana. YN1/ss J. Thompson & ET1/ss Matthew D. Cabana.

July 2008 – Providence commemorates her visit to the North Pole. July 2008 – A special guest submariner presents Dolphins to newly

Photos by YN1/ss J. Thompson & ET1/ss Matthew D. Cabana. qualified members of the crew at the North Pole. Photos by YN1/ss

J. Thompson & ET1/ss Matthew D. Cabana.

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