Bushnell Bushnell sunk by U.S.S. Atlanta SSN 712 In 1968 the Bushnell celebrated her 25th year of service. She continued to supply services to the 12th Submarine Squadron - as well as support services to other ships in the Caribbean and Gulf Coast regions. She made regular visits to New Orleans, Mobile, Fort Lauderdale and Kingston, .Jamaica During this time she suffered a serious fire in some electrical generation equipment - and earned the nick-name "the burning Bush". There was only one minor injury in that incident, and it didn't effect operations for long. However - unfortunately - her nick-name came to haunt her - wheen in early 1970 a high pressure airline ruptured in the bilge - atomizing the oil and other liquids resulting in an explosion and fire that damaged the ship beyond repair. The Bushnell was placed out of commission on 20 June 1970. On 31 May, 1983 the USS Edenton (ATS 1) towed the Bushnell out to sea - where she was sunk by MK-48 torpedoes fired by USS Atlanta (SSN 712) , with the Finback (SSN 670) in company on June 3, 1983. While this may seem a harsh end to a ship that served the submarine fleet so well for 28 years - what more fitting end could a submarine Tender come to - than providing one last service for that same submarine fleet than the ultimate gift ... herself.

TOMAHAWK DEMONSTRATES LAND ATTACK CAPABILITY May 6, 1998 A U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile was launched today at 1235 EST from USS Atlanta(SSN-712) , a submerged submarine underway in the Jacksonville Operating Area. The missile flew a land attack mission to the Eglin Air Force Base Test Range after flying across Northern Florida on Instrument Route (IR)-33 and through portions of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle on IR-30. Seconds after launch from the submarines torpedo tube, the Tomahawk missile transitioned to cruise flight. It flew a fully-guided 750-mile test flight to a target and recovery site on the Eglin Range. The missiles parachute recovery system was activated as planned. The missile was safely recovered and will be refurbished for future use. This was the 6th launch of a Tomahawk test missile by USS ATLANTA, a Los Angeles class fast attack submarine. Tomahawk missiles are deployed throughout the worlds oceans on various surface ships and submarines. As in all Tomahawk flight tests, air safety was carefully planned in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). For safety purposes, the Tomahawk could have been guided by commands from safety chase aircraft. Additionally, alternate safe landing zones were planned along the entire flight path. Today's test was the 359th Tomahawk flight test.

Attack Submarine Description : Attack submarine, designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. Background: The concept of technical superiority over numerical superiority was and still is the driving force in American submarine development. A number of Third World countries are acquiring modern state-of-the-art non-nuclear submarines. Countering this threat is the primary mission of U.S. nuclear attack submarines. Their other missions range from intelligence collection and special forces delivery to anti-ship and strike warfare. The Navy began construction of Seawolf class submarines in 1989. Seawolf is designed to be exceptionally quiet, fast well-armed with advanced sensors. It is a multi-mission vessel, capable of deploying to forward ocean areas to search out and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships and to fire missiles in support of other forces

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USS Flier SS250 My cousin Kit Pourche was lost in this incident USS Flier SS250was launched 11 July 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. A. S. Pierce; and commissioned 18 October 1943, Lieutenant Commander J. W. Crowley in command. Flier reached Pearl Harbor from New London 20 December 1943 , and prepared for her first war patrol, sailing 12 January 1944 . Damage suffered in a grounding near Midway necessitated her return to the west coast for repairs, and on 1 May she sailed again for action, heading for a patrol area west of Luzon. She made her first contact on 4 June, attacking a well-escorted convoy for five merchant men. Firing three torpedoes at each of two ships, she sent a large transport to the bottom and scored a hit on another ship, before clearing the area to evade countermeasures. On 13 June 1944, Flier attacked a convoy of 11 ships, cargo carriers and tankers, guarded by at least six escorts. The alert behavior of the escorts resulted in severe attack on Flier before she could observe what damage she had done to the convoy. On 22 June, she began a long chase after another large convoy, scoring four hits for six torpedoes fired at two cargo ships that day, and three hits for four torpedoes launched against another cargo ship of the same convoy the next day. Flier put in to Fremantle, Australia, to refit between 5 July 1944 and 2 August , then sailed on her second war patrol, bound for the coast of Indochina. On the evening of 13 August , as she transited Balabac Strait on the surface, she was rocked by a great explosion. She sank in 1 minute after striking the mine, but 13 officers and men got out of her. Eight of them reached the beach of Mantangula Island after 15 hours in the water. Friendly natives guided them to a coast watcher, who arranged for them to be picked up by submarine, and on the night of 30-31 August, they were taken on board by Redfin (SS-272). Flier received one battle star for World War II service on her single war patrol, designated "Successful." She is credited with having sunk 10,380 tons of Japanese shipping.