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[locksly]

In the place of the Holly where Eagle stayed in the old mother country.
On the mouth of the Clyde there be a loch of secrets , where the Gold and Blue teams meet.
Lock Ness is not far nor is Loch Loman from where the Cold war was fought , in the old mother country.
White Feather was on the mother of the Fathers , but not in the Old Loch.
1 name the Loch
2 name the ship and what it was.
3 Who was white Feather.
4 Who were the fathers.
5 What was the blue and gold.
6 Where is the old country of our Fathers.

[locksly]

4 Who were the fathers.
The founding fathers.
USS George Washington (SSBN-598),
USS Ethan Allen
(SSBN 608)
USS John Marshal
(SSBN 611)
USS Thomas Jefferson
(SSBN 618)
USS Lafayette
(SSBN 616)
USS Alexander Hamilton
(SSBN 617)
USS John Adams
(SSBN 620)
USS James Monroe
(SSBN 622)
USS Nathan Hale
(SSBN 623)
USS James Madison
(SSBN 627)

41 For Freedom the original US Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bigger/41forfreedom.html
4 Who were the fathers.
SSBN-598 George Washington-Class FBM Submarines
The USS George Washington (SSBN 598) was the world’s first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine. Arguably, it can be considered the submarine that has most influenced world events in the 20th Century. With its entry into service in December 1959 the United States instantly gained the most powerful deterrent force imaginable - a stealth platform with enormous nuclear firepower.
These first nuclear-powered submarines armed with long-range strategic missiles were ordered on 31 December 1957, with orders to convert two attack submarine hulls to missile-carrying FBM Weapon System ships. With some compromise in delivery schedules, the Navy agreed in January 1958 to slip the launch dates for two hunter-killer Skipjack types of fast attack submarines, the just-begun attack submarine Scorpion (SSN-589) and the not-yet-started USS Sculpin (SSN-590). Funding was provided with a supplement to the FY 1958 ship construction programm on 11 February 1958.

The first two are essentially of the hunter-killer type with a missile compartment inserted between the ship's control navigation areas and the nuclear reactor compartment. The keel of the first of these two ships had already been laid at Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, as the "Scorpion" and it was actually cut apart in order to insert the new 130 ft missile compartment ("Sherwood Forest"), thus extending the ship's length. At other shipyards, three more ships of the same type were built, making a total of five. The shipyards were Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. These were designated the 598 class ships since the first submarine, the USS George Washington was the SSBN-598. The term SSBN means Ship Submersible Ballistic (Nuclear) with the "Nuclear" referring to the ship's propulsive power.


The President signed the FY 58 Supplemental Appropriation Act on 12 February 1958 funding the first three submarines. The construction, which had begun in January 1958, used funds "borrowed" from other Navy programs. The President authorized construction of submarines 4 and 5 on 29 July 1958.

The USS George Washington (SSBN-598) slipped underwater on the first strategic FBM patrol on 15 November 1960. The USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) departed for patrol on 31 January 1961. The USS George Washington (SSBN-598) resumed from patrol on 21 January 1961, coming alongside the tender USS Proteus (AS-19) at New London, Connecticut. The USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) resumed from patrol on 8 March 1961, but she came alongside the same USS Proteus which had moved to Holy Loch, Scotland becoming the first SSBN to use Holy Loch as a refit and upkeep anchorage.

On 1 July 1958, Submarine Squadron Fourteen was established.

On 15 November 1960, the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) deployed on operational patrol with 16 POLARIS At (1200 nm) missiles 4 years 11 months after RADM William F. "Red" Raborn became the director of SP, and 3 years 11 months after the SECDEF authorized the POLARIS
On 2 June 1964, the USS George Washington (SSBN-598). returned to Charleston, South Carolina, to off-load missiles in preparation for overhaul at General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division, shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. This ended the initial deployment of the first FBM submarine, with POLARIS A1's which began in November 1960. Finally on 14 October 1965, the USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) returned to the U.S., completing her initial deployment. She was the last of the first five SSBNs carrying the POLARIS A1 to return to the U.S. for overhaul. This marked the official retirement of the POLARIS A1 missile from active fleet duty. These first five boats were being refitted to carry POLARIS A3 missiles.


in the early 1980s SSBN-598 George Washington, SSBN-599 Patrick Henry and SSBN-601 Robert E Lee had their missiles removed and were reclassified as attack submarines, a role in which they served for several years prior to decommissioning.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/ssbn-598.htm

USS George Washington (SSBN-598), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarines, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for George Washington, first President of the United States, and the first of that name to be purpose-built as a warship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Geo...gton_(SSBN-598)
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Primus in Pace

Named for the Nation’s first President, who was “First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of his Countrymen”, USS George Washington was the first of the “Forty-One for Freedom”, Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Submarines.
http://washington.larryshomeport.com/
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[MarineAO]

1) The Loch is Holly Loch in Scotchland
5) The two crews of a SSBN are the Blue and Gold
6) The Old Country is England

That is the only ones that I know

[locksly]

Originally Posted by MarineAO

1) The Loch is Holly Loch in Scotchland
5) The two crews of a SSBN are the Blue and Gold
6) The Old Country is England

That is the only ones that I know

That is correct now there is only one question left.
2 name the ship and what it was.
The submarine mother ship or Tender was the USS Simon Lake AS-33. The USS Simon Lake AS-33 was built to service balistic missle submarines.

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6153/lakepics1.htm

http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubb...e=1#Post820818

[locksly]

3 Who was white Feather.
Amazon.com: Carlos Hathcock "Whitefeather": Roy F Chandler: ...
The book White Feather is written by brothers Roy and Norm Chandler, .... Whitefeather was written by Norman and Roy Chandler, who were not only personal

Amazon.com: Carlos Hathcock "Whitefeather":...
Amazon.com: Carlos Hathcock "Whitefeather":...