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Classification
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Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 563
Builder:  Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics)
UIC (Unit Id Code):  05564
Characteristics
Length:  277 feet
Beam:  27 feet
Displacement:  2700 tons
# Officers:  8
# Enlisted:  75
Propulsion:  Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:  2
Service
Launched:  5/14/1951
Commissioned:  3/31/1952
Decommissioned:  7/2/1974
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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  245
# Commission Crew:  32
# Decommission Crew:  31
# with e-mail:  120
# Eternal Patrol:  33
History
Status: Sold
Fate: Trigger was decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Italian Navy.
Reunion / Association
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Contact: Wayne Standerfer, E-mail: lwaynes@charter.net, Phone: 972-298-8139
Reunion: 4/1/2010-Probably Jacksonville, FL. in April 2010. Last was in Mt. Pleasant,SC.14-18 Apr.2008.
Website
 www.ss564.org   (click to visit)