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{{Short description|US Navy process to dispose of decommissioned nuclear vessels}}
The '''Ship-Submarine Recycling Program''' ('''SRP''') is the process that the [[United States Navy]] uses to dispose of [[Nuclear decommissioning|decommissioned]] [[nuclear navy|nuclear vessels]].  SRP takes place only at the [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] (PSNS) in [[Bremerton, Washington]], but the preparations can begin elsewhere.

==Program overview==

[[File:USS Virginia (CGN-38) in dry dock for nuclear core removal.jpg|thumb|In this image, the superstructure of {{USS|Virginia|CGN-38|2}} has been replaced with containment structures to remove nuclear fuel before entering SRP.]]

=== Defueling and decommissioning ===

Before SRP can begin, the vessel's [[nuclear fuel]] must be removed, and defueling usually coincides with [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioning]]. Until the fuel is removed, the vessel is referred to as "USS ''Name''," but afterward, the "USS" [[Ship prefix|prefix]] is dropped and it is referred to as "ex-''Name''." Reusable equipment is removed at the same time as the fuel.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

=== Spent fuel storage ===

Spent nuclear fuel is shipped by rail to the [[Naval Reactor Facility]] in the [[Idaho National Laboratory]] (INL), located {{convert|42|mi|km|0}} northwest of [[Idaho Falls, Idaho]], where it is stored in special canisters.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10667&page=46 |title=End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States |publisher=[[National Academies Press]] |date=2003-06-01 |doi=10.17226/10667 |isbn=978-0-309-08724-7 |access-date=2013-02-11}}</ref>

=== Hull salvage ===

At PSNS, the SRP proper begins. The salvage workers cut the submarine into three or four pieces: the aft section, the reactor compartment, the missile compartment if one exists, and the forward section. Missile compartments are dismantled according to the provisions of the [[Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty]].

Until 1991, the forward and aft sections of the submarines were rejoined and placed in floating storage. Various proposals for disposal of those hulls were considered, including sinking them at sea, but none proved economically practical. Some submarines built prior to the 1978 banning of [[polychlorinated biphenyl]] products (PCBs) had the chemicals on board, which are considered [[hazardous material]]s by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] and [[United States Coast Guard]], requiring their removal. Since then, and to help reduce costs, the remaining submarine sections are recycled, returning reusable materials to production. In the process of submarine recycling, all hazardous and toxic wastes are identified and removed, and reusable equipment is removed and put into inventory. Scrap metals and all other materials are sold to private companies or reused. The overall process is not profitable, but does provide some cost relief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armscontrol.ru/subs/disposal/proe1210.htm |title=Nuclear Powered Submarine Inactivation and Disposal in the U.S. and Russia: A Comparative Analysis|author1=Anatoli Diakov |author2=Vadim Korobov |author3=Eugene Miasnikov |work=[[Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies]] |publisher=[[Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology]] |date=1992-10-24 |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref> Disposal of submarines by the SRP costs the Navy [[United States dollar|US$]]25–50 million per submarine.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

=== Reactor vessel disposal ===

Once the de-fueled reactor compartment is removed, it is sealed at both ends and shipped by barge and multiple-wheel high-capacity trailers to the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]'s [[Hanford Nuclear Reservation]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]], where they are currently, {{asof|2016|lc=y}}, kept in open dry storage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jYVl__lRp5s/Tfpf4Cyi6rI/AAAAAAAAA6E/KN5XrRqW_m0/s1600/HanfordSubRxCompPics.jpg|title=Submarine reactor compartments at Hanford|access-date=2012-08-02}}</ref> and slated to be eventually buried.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/future/trimming/index.html|title=Trimming the Submarine Fleet|website=americanhistory.si.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Hanford,+Washington&ie=UTF8&ll=46.565529,-119.519534&spn=0.003592,0.01075&t=k&z=17&om=1|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps, Hanford, Washington}}</ref> Russian submarine reactor compartments are stored in similar fashion at [[Sayda-Guba]] (Sayda Bay) in northwestern Russia and Chazhma Bay near [[Vladivostok]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nilsen |first1=Thomas |title=Last three reactor compartments soon off the water |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2018/10/last-three-reactor-compartments-soon-water |website=The Barents Observer |date=14 October 2018 |access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sayda, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sayda/@69.2480402,33.2317886,408m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x44343f37eaee94f5:0x3ea0c0e4859cd74e!8m2!3d69.248611!4d33.233333?hl=en&authuser=0 |publisher=Google Maps}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chazhma Bay, Russia |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9022912,132.3600801,819m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1?hl=en&authuser=0 |publisher=Google Maps}}</ref> The burial trenches have been evaluated to be secure for at least 600 years before the first pinhole penetration of some lead containment areas of the reactor compartment packages occurs, and several thousand years before leakage becomes possible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brookings.edu/projects/archive/nucweapons/subs.aspx|title=Dismantling Nuclear Submarines|work=U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project|publisher=[[Brookings Institution]]|access-date=2012-08-02}}</ref> 

=== Prior disposal methods ===

In 1959 the US Navy removed a nuclear reactor from the submarine {{USS|Seawolf|SSN-575|6}} and replaced it with a new type. The removed reactor was scuttled in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], {{convert|200|km|nmi|abbr=on|0}} east of [[Delaware]], at a depth of {{convert|2,700|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}.<ref name="BICC">{{cite book|last=Kopte|first=Susanne|title=Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning and Related Problems|url=http://www.bicc.de/uploads/tx_bicctools/paper12.pdf|access-date=4 Jul 2020|volume=paper 12 |date=August 1997|publisher=[[Bonn International Center for Conversion]]}}</ref>
In 1972, the [[London Dumping Convention]] restricted [[ocean disposal of radioactive waste]] and in 1993, ocean disposal of [[radioactive waste]] was completely banned. The US Navy began a study on scrapping nuclear submarines; two years later shallow land burial of reactor compartments was selected as the most suitable option.

In 1990, {{USS|Scamp|SSN-588|6}} was the first US nuclear-powered submarine to be [[Ship breaking|scrapped]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/chrono.html |title=Submarine Centennial Chronology |publisher=Navy.mil |access-date=2013-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006174141/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/chrono.html |archive-date=2012-10-06 }}</ref>

=== Future salvage work ===
By the end of 2005, 195 nuclear submarines had been ordered or built in the US (including the [[NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft]] and {{USS|Virginia|SSN-774|2}}, but none of the later {{sclass|Virginia|submarine|4}}). <!-- As of many years ago, nearly 80 have been decommissioned, and 43 reactor compartments have been cut and are stored at Hanford.--> The last of the regular {{sclass|Sturgeon| submarine|5}} attack boats, {{USS|L. Mendel Rivers|SSN-686|2}}, was decommissioned in 2001, and {{USS|Parche|SSN-683|2}}, a highly modified ''Sturgeon'', was decommissioned in 2004.  The last of the initial "[[41 for Freedom]]" fleet ballistic missile (FBM) submarines, {{USS|Kamehameha|SSBN-642|2}}, was decommissioned in 2002.  Decommissioning of the {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|5}} boats began in 1995 with {{USS|Baton Rouge||2}}. Additionally, a handful of nuclear-powered [[cruiser]]s have entered the program, and their dismantling is ongoing. The first [[aircraft carrier]] due for decommissioning that would enter the SRP is planned to be {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|2}}, which was withdrawn in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/11/ap-nuclear-fuel-from-enterprise-headed-idaho-111112/ |title=Nuclear fuel from Enterprise headed for Idaho |work=[[Navy Times]] |access-date=2013-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/EA-1889-FEAandFONSI-2012.pdf/ |title=Draft Environmental Assessment on the Disposal of Decommissioned, Defueled, Naval Reactor Plants from USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), September 2011|access-date=2014-04-28}}</ref> Unlike the disposal of other nuclear powered surface ships, all of which have been recycled at the [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard|Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility]], the Navy is looking at other, commercial or private sector options for ''Enterprise'' in an effort to reduce both the cost of the work and the time taken to dismantle such a large vessel, as well as negating the difficulty of towing the hulk all the way from Newport News, where it is stored, to Puget Sound.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy looking at commercial options for 'Big E' disposal |url=https://www.dailypress.com/business/shipyards/dp-nws-enterprise-disposal-20190610-story.html |last=Lessig |first=Hugh |date=June 11, 2019 |website=Daily Press |publisher= |access-date=February 1, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

In December 2020, it was announced that a further nine ''Los Angeles''-class attack submarines, two {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|0}} guided missile submarines, and the aircraft carrier {{USS|Nimitz||2}} would be decommissioned and enter the recycling program by 2026.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://seapowermagazine.org/navy-plans-to-retire-48-ships-during-2022-2026/ |title=Navy Plans to Retire 48 Ships During 2022-2026 |last=Burgess |first=Richard |date= 12 December 2020|website=SeaPower |publisher= |access-date=27 January 2021 |quote=}}</ref> However, in November 2023, a further announcement was made that, owing to delays in both the construction of ships of the {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|4}} and the [[Refueling and overhaul|Refueling and Complex Overhaul]] work on the existing ''Nimitz'' class ships, the US Navy was looking to extend the service life of ''Nimitz'' beyond 2026, and {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower||2}}, which was planned to decommission in 2027.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/budget-policy-operations/us-navy-considers-extending-all-its-nimitz-class-carriers |title=U.S. Navy Considers Extending All Its Nimitz-Class Carriers |last=Everstine |first=Brian |date= 8 November 2023|website=Aviation Week |publisher= |access-date=5 February 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

Hulls waiting or already processed by the recycling program are listed below.

== Lists of vessels by type ==
===Aircraft carriers===
[[File:USS Enterprise (CVN-65) being towed to Newport News for dismantling 2013.jpg|thumb|''Enterprise'' under tow to [[Newport News Shipbuilding]] to begin the defuelling process in June 2013]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ship name (Hull number)
!Start date
!Completion date 
|-
|[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|ex-''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]]
|3 February 2017
|
|}
In September 2023, it was announced that, once any remaining radioactive and hazardous material had been removed, ex-''Enterprise'' would be broken up at a commercial shipyard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-will-dismantle-carrier-uss-enterprise-at-a-commercial-shipyard |title=U.S. Navy Will Dismantle Carrier USS Enterprise at a Commercial Shipyard |last=Benecki |first=Paul |date=5 September 2023 |website=The Maritime Executive |publisher= |access-date=21 November 2023 |quote=}}</ref> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the hull remains stored at [[Hampton Roads]].

=== Cruisers ===
{{Update|section|date=September 2024}}
[[File:Hull of USS Long Beach (CGN-9) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in March 2011.jpg|thumb|The hull of ''Long Beach'' moored at Puget Sound awaiting disposal in March 2011]]
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Ship name (Hull number)
!Start date
!Completion date 
|-
|[[USS Long Beach (CGN-9)|ex-''Long Beach'' (CGN-9)]]
|1 May 2009<ref name=proceedings1246>{{cite journal | last = Morison | first = Samuel Loring | author-link = Samuel Loring Morison
 |date=December 2006 | title = U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes | journal = Proceedings of the Naval Institute
 | volume = 132 | issue = 12 | pages = 59&ndash;60 | issn = 0041-798X }}</ref>
|Incomplete (note)
|-
|[[USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)|ex-''Bainbridge'' (CGN/DLGN-25)]]
|1 October 1997
|30 October 1999
|-
|[[USS Truxtun (CGN-35)|ex-''Truxtun'' (CGN/DLGN-35)]]
|1 October 1997
|28 April 1999
|-
|[[USS California (CGN-36)|ex-''California'' (CGN/DLGN-36)]]
|1 October 1998
|12 May 2000
|-
|[[USS South Carolina (CGN-37)|ex-''South Carolina'' (CGN/DLGN-37)]]
|1 October 2007<ref name=proceedings1251>{{cite journal | last = Morison | first = Samuel Loring | author-link = Samuel Loring Morison
 |date=May 2007 | title = U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes | journal = Proceedings of the Naval Institute
 | volume = 133 | issue = 5 | page = 111 | issn = 0041-798X }}</ref>
|10 May 2010 †
|-
|[[USS Virginia (CGN-38)|ex-''Virginia'' (CGN-38)]]
|1 October 1999
|25 September 2002
|-
|[[USS Texas (CGN-39)|ex-''Texas'' (CGN-39)]]
|1 October 1999
|30 October 2001
|-
|[[USS Mississippi (CGN-40)|ex-''Mississippi'' (CGN-40)]]
|1 October 2004<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|5 December 2006<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|-
|[[USS Arkansas (CGN-41)|ex-''Arkansas'' (CGN-41)]]
|7 July 1998
|1 November 1999
|}
† A dagger after a completion date indicates that portions of the hull were preserved as memorials.  See the individual articles for details.

(note) ex-''Long Beach'' has been partially dismantled and remains moored in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 2018.

=== Attack submarines ===
[[File:USS Sperry (AS-12) and retired submarines at Puget Sound 1993.JPEG|thumb|A total of sixteen decommissioned SSNs and SSBNs moored awaiting their fate at Puget Sound in May 1993]]
Some of these submarines (the ''George Washington'' class) were fleet ballistic missile boats for the vast majority of their careers. However, they were briefly converted to SSNs before decommissioning and arrival at PSNS, and so are listed under that designation here. The nuclear-powered research submersible ''NR-1'' is also included in this list.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Ship name (Hull number)
!Start date
!Completion date/status
|-
|[[USS Seawolf (SSN-575)|ex-''Seawolf'' (SSN-575)]]
|1 October 1996
|30 September 1997 
|-
|[[USS Skate (SSN-578)|ex-''Skate'' (SSN-578)]]
|14 April 1994
|6 March 1995
|-
|[[USS Swordfish (SSN-579)|ex-''Swordfish'' (SSN-579)]]
|Unknown
|11 September 1995
|-
|[[USS Sargo (SSN-583)|ex-''Sargo'' (SSN-583)]]
|14 April 1994
|5 April 1995
|-
|[[USS Seadragon (SSN-584)|ex-''Seadragon'' (SSN-584)]]
|1 October 1994
|18 September 1995
|-
|[[USS Skipjack (SSN-585)|ex-''Skipjack'' (SSN-585)]]
|17 March 1996
|1 September 1998
|-
|[[USS Triton (SSRN-586)|ex-''Triton'' (SSRN-586)]]
|1 October 2007<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|30 November 2009<ref>{{cite journal |last=Morison |first=Samuel Loring |author-link= Samuel Loring Morison |date=May 2010 |title=U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2009 |journal=United States Naval Institute Proceedings |volume=135 |issue=5 |page=112 |id=0041-798X }}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Halibut (SSGN-587)|ex-''Halibut'' (SSGN-587)]]
|12 July 1993
|9 September 1994
|-
|[[USS Scamp (SSN-588)|ex-''Scamp'' (SSN-588)]]
|1990
|9 September 1994 (the first)
|-
|[[USS Sculpin (SSN-590)|ex-''Sculpin'' (SSN-590)]]
|1 October 2000
|30 October 2001
|-
|[[USS Shark (SSN-591)|ex-''Shark'' (SSN-591)]]
|1 October 1995
|28 June 1996
|-
|[[USS Snook (SSN-592)|ex-''Snook'' (SSN-592)]]
|1 October 1996
|30 June 1997
|-
|[[USS Permit (SSN-594)|ex-''Permit'' (SSN-594)]]
|30 September 1991
|20 May 1993
|-
|[[USS Plunger (SSN-595)|ex-''Plunger'' (SSN-595)]]
|5 January 1995
|8 March 1996
|-
|[[USS Barb (SSN-596)|ex-''Barb'' (SSN-596)]]
|Unknown
|14 March 1996
|-
|[[USS Tullibee (SSN-597)|ex-''Tullibee'' (SSN-597)]]
|5 January 1995
|1 April 1996
|-
|[[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)|ex-''George Washington'' (SSBN/SSN-598)]]
|Unknown
|30 September 1998†
|-
|[[USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)|ex-''Patrick Henry'' (SSBN/SSN-599)]]
|1 October 1996
|31 August 1997
|-
|[[USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)|ex-''Robert E. Lee'' (SSBN/SSN-601)]]
|Unknown
|30 September 1991
|-
|[[USS Pollack (SSN-603)|ex-''Pollack'' (SSN-603)]]
|9 February 1993
|17 February 1995
|-
|[[USS Haddo (SSN-604)|ex-''Haddo'' (SSN-604)]]
|Unknown
|30 June 1992
|-
|[[USS Jack (SSN-605)|ex-''Jack'' (SSN-605)]]
|Unknown
|30 June 1992
|-
|[[USS Tinosa (SSN-606)|ex-''Tinosa'' (SSN-606)]]
|15 July 1991
|26 June 1992
|-
|[[USS Dace (SSN-607)|ex-''Dace'' (SSN-607)]]
|Unknown
|1 January 1997
|-
|[[USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608)|ex-''Ethan Allen'' (SSBN/SSN-608)]]
|Unknown
|30 July 1999
|-
|[[USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)|ex-''Sam Houston'' (SSBN/SSN-609)]]
|1 March 1991
|3 February 1992
|-
|[[USS Thomas A. Edison|ex-''Thomas A. Edison'' (SSBN/SSN-610)]]
|1 October 1996
|1 December 1997
|-
|[[USS John Marshall|ex-''John Marshall'' (SSBN/SSN-611)]]
|22 July 1992
|29 March 1993
|-
|[[USS Guardfish (SSN-612)|ex-''Guardfish'' (SSN-612)]]
|Unknown
|9 July 1992
|-
|[[USS Flasher (SSN-613)|ex-''Flasher'' (SSN-613)]]
|Unknown
|11 May 1994
|-
|[[USS Greenling (SSN-614)|ex-''Greenling'' (SSN-614)]]
|30 September 1993
|18 April 1994
|-
|[[USS Gato (SSN-615)|ex-''Gato'' (SSN-615)]]
|Unknown
|1 November 1996
|-
|[[USS Haddock (SSN-621)|ex-''Haddock'' (SSN-621)]]
|1 October 2000
|1 October 2001
|-
|[[USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)|ex-''Sturgeon'' (SSN-637)]]
|Unknown
|11 December 1995 †
|-
|[[USS Whale (SSN-638)|ex-''Whale'' (SSN-638)]]
|20 October 1995
|1 July 1996
|-
|[[USS Tautog (SSN-639)|ex-''Tautog'' (SSN-639)]]
|15 March 2003<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|30 September 2004<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|-
|[[USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642)|ex-''Kamehameha'' (SSBN/SSN-642)]]
|1 October 2001
|28 February 2003
|-
|[[USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645)|ex-''James K. Polk'' (SSBN/SSN-645)]]
|16 February 1999
|15 July 2000
|-
|[[USS Grayling (SSN-646)|ex-''Grayling'' (SSN-646)]]
|18 July 1997
|31 March 1998
|-
|[[USS Pogy (SSN-647)|ex-''Pogy'' (SSN-647)]]
|4 January 1999
|12 April 2000
|-
|[[USS Aspro (SSN-648)|ex-''Aspro'' (SSN-648)]]
|1 October 1999
|3 November 2000
|-
|[[USS Sunfish (SSN-649)|ex-''Sunfish'' (SSN-649)]]
|Unknown
|31 October 1997
|-
|[[USS Pargo (SSN-650)|ex-''Pargo'' (SSN-650)]]
|1 October 1994
|15 October 1996
|-
|[[USS Queenfish (SSN-651)|ex-''Queenfish'' (SSN-651)]]
|1 May 1992
|7 April 1993
|-
|[[USS Puffer (SSN-652)|ex-''Puffer'' (SSN-652)]]
|20 October 1995
|12 July 1996
|-
|[[USS Ray (SSN-653)|ex-''Ray'' (SSN-653)]]
|15 March 2002
|30 July 2003
|-
|[[USS Sand Lance (SSN-660)|ex-''Sand Lance'' (SSN-660)]]
|1 April 1998
|30 August 1999
|-
|[[USS Lapon (SSN-661)|ex-''Lapon'' (SSN-661)]]
|15 March 2003<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|30 November 2004<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|-
|[[USS Gurnard (SSN-662)|ex-''Gurnard'' (SSN-662)]]
|Unknown
|15 October 1996
|-
|[[USS Hammerhead (SSN-663)|ex-''Hammerhead'' (SSN-663)]]
|Unknown
|22 November 1995
|-
|[[USS Sea Devil (SSN-664)|ex-''Sea Devil'' (SSN-664)]]
|1 March 1998
|7 September 1999
|-
|[[USS Guitarro (SSN-665)|ex-''Guitarro'' (SSN-665)]]
|Unknown
|18 October 1994
|-
|[[USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)|ex-''Hawkbill'' (SSN-666)]]
|1 October 1999
|1 December 2000 †
|-
|[[USS Bergall (SSN-667)|ex-''Bergall'' (SSN-667)]]
|Unknown
|29 September 1997
|-
|[[USS Spadefish (SSN-668)|ex-''Spadefish'' (SSN-668)]]
|1 October 1996
|24 October 1997
|-
|[[USS Seahorse (SSN-669)|ex-''Seahorse'' (SSN-669)]]
|1 March 1995
|30 September 1996
|-
|[[USS Finback (SSN-670)|ex-''Finback'' (SSN-670)]]
|Unknown
|30 October 1997
|-
|[[USS Narwhal (SSN-671)|ex-''Narwhal'' (SSN-671)]]
|1 October 2001
|(museum plans failed; see article)
|-
|[[USS Pintado (SSN-672)|ex-''Pintado'' (SSN-672)]]
|1 October 1997
|27 October 1998
|-
|[[USS Flying Fish (SSN-673)|ex-''Flying Fish'' (SSN-673)]]
|Unknown
|15 October 1996
|-
|[[USS Trepang (SSN-674)|ex-''Trepang'' (SSN-674)]]
|4 January 1999
|7 April 2000
|-
|[[USS Bluefish (SSN-675)|ex-''Bluefish'' (SSN-675)]]
|15 March 2002
|1 November 2003
|-
|[[USS Billfish (SSN-676)|ex-''Billfish'' (SSN-676)]]
|Unknown
|26 April 2000
|-
|[[USS Drum (SSN-677)|ex-''Drum'' (SSN-677)]]
|1 December 2008<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|20 May 2010 
|-
|[[USS Archerfish (SSN-678)|ex-''Archerfish'' (SSN-678)]]
|Unknown
|6 November 1998
|-
|[[USS Silversides (SSN-679)|ex-''Silversides'' (SSN-679)]]
|1 October 2000
|1 October 2001
|-
|[[USS William H. Bates (SSN-680)|ex-''William H. Bates'' (SSN-680)]]
|1 October 2002
|30 October 2002
|-
|[[USS Batfish (SSN-681)|ex-''Batfish'' (SSN-681)]]
|Unknown
|22 November 2002
|-
|[[USS Tunny (SSN-682)|ex-''Tunny'' (SSN-682)]]
|1 October 1997
|27 October 1998
|-
|[[USS Parche (SSN-683)|ex-''Parche'' (SSN-683)]]
|30 September 2004‡<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|30 November 2006<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|-
|[[USS Cavalla (SSN-684)|ex-''Cavalla'' (SSN-684)]]
|1 October 1999
|16 November 2000
|-
|[[USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685)|ex-''Glenard P. Lipscomb'' (SSN-685)]]
|Unknown
|1 December 1997
|-
|[[USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)|ex-''L. Mendel Rivers'' (SSN-686)]]
|29 November 2000
|19 July 2002
|-
|[[USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687)|ex-''Richard B. Russell'' (SSN-687)]]
|1 October 2001
|19 September 2002
|-
|[[USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)|ex-''Los Angeles'' (SSN-688)]]
|February 2011<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|5 March 2013
|-
|[[USS Baton Rouge|ex-''Baton Rouge'' (SSN-689)]]
|13 January 1995
|30 September 1997
|-
|[[USS Philadelphia (SSN-690)|ex-''Philadelphia'' (SSN-690)]]
|1 September 2019<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2017/05/22/102018676/|title=USS ''Dallas'' completing 36-year-run in Bremerton}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Memphis (SSN-691)|ex-''Memphis'' (SSN-691)]]
|14 December 2010<ref name=proceedings1246/>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Omaha (SSN-692)|ex-''Omaha'' (SSN-692)]]
|1 October 2009<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|7 November 2011
|-
|[[USS Cincinnati (SSN-693)|ex-''Cincinnati'' (SSN-693)]]
|1 October 2009<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|22 September 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article32197434.html|title=USS ''Cincinnati'' reactor compartment comes to Hanford}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Groton (SSN-694)|ex-''Groton'' (SSN-694)]]
|1 June 2012<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|5 May 2014
|-
|[[USS Birmingham (SSN-695)|ex-''Birmingham'' (SSN-695)]]
|1 June 2012<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|23 September 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dla.mil/News/Images.aspx?igphoto=2001298450|title=Defense Logistics Agency > News > Images|website=www.dla.mil}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS New York City|ex-''New York City'' (SSN-696)]]
|1 June 2011<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|De-fueled, inactivated
|-
|[[USS Indianapolis (SSN-697)|ex-''Indianapolis'' (SSN-697)]]
|1 October 2013<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|Recycling begun<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Bremerton (SSN-698)|ex-''Bremerton'' (SSN-698)]]
|21 May 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_698.HTML |title=Bremerton (SSN 698) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 21, 2021 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=March 8, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/396944/uss-bremerton-ssn-698-decommissioned |title=USS Bremerton (SSN 698) Decommissioned |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 18, 2021 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=March 8, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Jacksonville|ex-''Jacksonville'' (SSN-699)]]
|28 October 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_699.HTML |title=Jacksonville (SSN 699) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 28, 2021 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=March 8, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/409640/uss-jacksonville-ssn-699-decommissioned |title=USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) Decommissioned |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=November 16, 2021 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=March 8, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Dallas (SSN-700)|ex-''Dallas'' (SSN-700)]]
|22 May 2017 <ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/272302/uss-dallas-decommissions-after-38-years-service |title=USS Dallas Decommissions after 38 Years of Service |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 4, 2018 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=March 8, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS La Jolla|ex-''La Jolla'' (SSN-701)]]
|refit (training vessel)
|n/a
|-
|[[USS Phoenix (SSN-702)|ex-''Phoenix'' (SSN-702)]]
|1 June 2013<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|Decommissioned 29 July 1998
|-
|[[USS Boston (SSN-703)|ex-''Boston'' (SSN-703)]]
|1 October 2001
|19 September 2002 †
|-
|[[USS Baltimore (SSN-704)|ex-''Baltimore'' (SSN-704)]]
|1 June 2013<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|Decommissioned 10 July 1998
|-
|[[USS City of Corpus Christi|ex-''City of Corpus Christi'' (SSN-705)]]
|24 November 2015<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Albuquerque (SSN-706)|ex-''Albuquerque'' (SSN-706)]]
|14 April 2016<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Portsmouth (SSN-707)|ex-''Portsmouth'' (SSN-707)]]
|1 June 2015<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708)|ex-''Minneapolis–Saint Paul'' (SSN-708)]]
|1 June 2018<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|30 November 2021<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN708|title=SSN708}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709)|ex-''Hyman G. Rickover'' (SSN-709)]]
|30 September 2016<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Augusta (SSN-710)|ex-''Augusta'' (SSN-710)]]
|1 September 2019<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|30 November 2021<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN710|title=SSN710}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS San Francisco (SSN-711)|ex-''San Francisco'' (SSN-711)]]
|refit (training vessel)
|n/a
|-
|[[USS Atlanta (SSN-712)|ex-''Atlanta'' (SSN-712)]]
|1 October 2013<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|Recycling begun<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Houston (SSN-713)|ex-''Houston'' (SSN-713)]]
|21 September 2015<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Norfolk (SSN-714)|ex-''Norfolk'' (SSN-714)]]
|11 December 2014<ref name=Dallas>{{cite news |url= http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=81340 |title= Navy Swaps Dallas, Norfolk Inactivation Dates |publisher= US Navy News Service |date= May 30, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=84840 |title= USS ''Norfolk'' Decommissioned |first= Kevin |last= Copeland |publisher= US Navy News Service |date= 11 December 2014}}</ref>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[USS Buffalo (SSN-715)|ex-''Buffalo'' (SSN-715)]]
|26 May 2017 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/05/30/submarine-uss-buffalo-arrives-washington-decommissioning.html|title=Submarine USS ''Buffalo'' Arrives in Washington for Decommissioning}}</ref>
|Arrived PSNS 26 May 2017
|-
|[[USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716)|ex-''Salt Lake City'' (SSN-716)]]
|30 September 2015<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|30 November 2019
|-
|[[USS Honolulu (SSN-718)|ex-''Honolulu'' (SSN-718)]]
|1 November 2006<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|20 October 2008
|-
|[[USS Providence (SSN-719)|ex-''Providence'' (SSN-719)]]
|22 August 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_719.HTML |title=Providence (SSN 719) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 22, 2022 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=February 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/428558/uss-providence-decommissioned-after-37-years-service |title=USS Providence Decommissioned After 37 Years of Service |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 1, 2022 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=February 2, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720)|ex-''Pittsburgh'' (SSN-720)]]
|15 April 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_720.HTML |title=Pittsburgh (SSN 720) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 24, 2020 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=February 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/359660/uss-pittsburgh-ssn-720-holds-inactivation-ceremony |title=USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) Holds Inactivation Ceremony |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=January 17, 2020 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=February 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Chicago (SSN-721)|ex-''Chicago'' (SSN-721)]]
|26 January 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=USS Chicago Returns Home from Final Deployment |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3210209/uss-chicago-returns-home-from-final-deployment/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2FPress-Office%2FNews-Stories%2FArticle%2F3210209%2Fuss-chicago-returns-home-from-final-deployment%2F |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=United States Navy |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Arrived PSNS 26 January 2023
|-
|[[USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723)|ex-''Oklahoma City'' (SSN-723)]]
|9 September 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_723.HTML |title=Oklahoma City (SSN 723) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 9, 2022 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=February 2, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/11/23/uss-oklahoma-city-submarine-makes-final-voyage-bremerton/8736625002/|title=USS Oklahoma City submarine makes final voyage to Bremerton, where it will be scrapped|publisher=Kitsap Sun|last=Farley|first=Josh|date=23 November 2021|access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Louisville (SSN-724)|ex-''Louisville'' (SSN-724)]]
|9 March 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_724.HTML |title=Louisville (SSN 724) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 10, 2021 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=February 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/391172/uss-louisville-ssn-724-decommissioned |title=USS Louisville (SSN 724) Decommissioned |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 11, 2021 |website=DVIDS |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |access-date=February 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Miami (SSN-755)|ex-''Miami'' (SSN-755)]]
|28 March 2014<ref name=proceedings1251/>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
|-
|[[American submarine NR-1|ex-''NR-1'']]
|29 November 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/SavedNewsModule/Article/1517024/shipyard-naval-undersea-museum-partner-to-preserve-piece-of-historic-submarine/ |title=Shipyard, Naval Undersea Museum partner to preserve piece of historic submarine |last=Maxfield |first=Max |date=May 9, 2018 |website=Naval Sea Systems Command |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=March 9, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|De-fueled, inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_NR_1.HTML |title=No Name (NR-1) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=November 21, 2008 |website=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=March 9, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
!Ship name (Hull number)
!Start date
!Completion date/status
|}

† A dagger after a completion date indicates that portions of the hull were preserved as memorials.  See the individual articles for details.

‡ Date given for ex-''Parche'' is official date used to secure FY2004 funding; work did not begin until 19 October.<ref name=proceedings1246/>

{{USS|La Jolla||2}} (SSN-701) is currently undergoing conversion to a moored training ship at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. {{USS|San Francisco|SSN-711|2}} (SSN-711) will be converted after decommissioning.


=== Ballistic missile submarines ===
Some of these submarines (the ''Lafayette'' class) were fleet ballistic missile boats for the vast majority of their careers. However, they were converted to SSNs for use as moored training platforms and are not currently scheduled for recycling.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Ship name (Hull number)
!Start date
!Completion date/Status
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)|SSBN/SSN-598]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)|SSBN/SSN-599]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
|[[USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600)|ex-''Theodore Roosevelt'' (SSBN-600)]]
|unknown
|24 March 1995
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)|SSBN/SSN-601]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
|[[USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)|ex-''Abraham Lincoln'' (SSBN-602)]]
|unknown
|5 May 1994
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608)|SSBN/SSN-608]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)|SSBN/SSN-609]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS Thomas A. Edison|SSBN/SSN-610]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
| See Attack Submarines – ([[USS John Marshall|SSBN/SSN-611]])
| n/a
| n/a
|-
|[[USS Lafayette (SSBN-616)|ex-''Lafayette'' (SSBN-616)]]
|1 March 1991
|25 February 1992
|-
|[[USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617)|ex-''Alexander Hamilton'' (SSBN-617)]]
|23 February 1993
|28 February 1994
|-
|[[USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618)|ex-''Thomas Jefferson'' (SSBN-618)]]
|1 October 1996
|6 March 1998†
|-
|[[USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)|ex-''Andrew Jackson'' (SSBN-619)]]
|unknown
|30 August 1999
|-
|[[USS John Adams (SSBN-620)|ex-''John Adams'' (SSBN-620)]]
|unknown
|12 February 1996
|-
|[[USS James Monroe (SSBN-622)|ex-''James Monroe'' (SSBN-622)]]
|unknown
|10 January 1995
|-
|[[USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623)|ex-''Nathan Hale'' (SSBN-623)]]
|2 October 1991
|5 April 1995
|-
|[[USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624)|ex-''Woodrow Wilson'' (SSBN-624)]]
|26 September 1997
|27 October 1998†
|-
|[[USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625)|ex-''Henry Clay'' (SSBN-625)]]
|unknown
|30 September 1997
|-
|[[USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626)|ex-''Daniel Webster'' (SSBN-626)]]{{efn|group=note|name=MTS1}}
|refit (training vessel)
|n/a
|-
|[[USS James Madison (SSBN-627)|ex-''James Madison'' (SSBN-627)]]
|unknown
|24 October 1997
|-
|[[USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628)|ex-''Tecumseh'' (SSBN-628)]]
|15 February 1993
|1 April 1994
|-
|[[USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629)|ex-''Daniel Boone'' (SSBN-629)]]
|unknown
|4 November 1994
|-
|[[USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630)|ex-''John C. Calhoun'' (SSBN-630)]]
|unknown
|18 November 1994
|-
|[[USS Ulysses S. Grant|ex-''Ulysses S. Grant'' (SSBN-631)]]
|unknown
|23 October 1993
|-
|[[USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632)|ex-''Von Steuben'' (SSBN-632)]]
|1 October 2000
|30 October 2001
|-
|[[USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)|ex-''Casimir Pulaski'' (SSBN-633)]]
|unknown
|21 October 1994
|-
|[[USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634)|ex-''Stonewall Jackson'' (SSBN-634)]]
|unknown
|13 October 1995
|-
|[[USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635)|ex-''Sam Rayburn'' (SSBN-635)]]{{efn|group=note|name=MTS1|Originally converted to Moored Training Ship}}
|5 April 2021
|Being de-fueled/inactivated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/2561344/nnsy-welcomes-mts-sam-rayburn-for-inactivation/ |title=NNSY welcomes MTS Sam Rayburn for inactivation |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 5, 2021 |website=Naval Sea Systems Command |publisher=US Navy |access-date=July 5, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
|-
|[[USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636)|ex-''Nathanael Greene'' (SSBN-636)]]
|1 September 1998
|20 October 2000
|-
|[[USS Benjamin Franklin|ex-''Benjamin Franklin'' (SSBN-640)]]
|unknown
|21 August 1995
|-
|[[USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641)|ex-''Simon Bolivar'' (SSBN-641)]]
|1 October 1994
|1 December 1995
|-
|[[USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)|ex-''George Bancroft'' (SSBN-643)]]
|unknown
|30 March 1998†
|-
|[[USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN-644)|ex-''Lewis and Clark'' (SSBN-644)]]
|1 October 1995
|23 September 1996†
|-
|[[USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654)|ex-''George C. Marshall'' (SSBN-654)]]
|unknown
|28 February 1994
|-
|[[USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655)|ex-''Henry L. Stimson'' (SSBN-655)]]
|unknown
|12 August 1994
|-
|[[USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)|ex-''George Washington Carver'' (SSBN-656)]]
|unknown
|21 March 1994
|-
|[[USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657)|ex-''Francis Scott Key'' (SSBN-657)]]
|unknown
|1 September 1995
|-
|[[USS Mariano G. Vallejo|ex-''Mariano G. Vallejo'' (SSBN-658)]]
|1 October 1994
|22 December 1995
|-
|[[USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659)|ex-''Will Rogers'' (SSBN-659)]]
|12 April 1993
|12 August 1994
|}

† A dagger after a completion date indicates that portions of the hull were preserved as memorials.  See the individual articles for details.

Because the program is underway, this list is almost certainly incomplete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/S_B_10.HTM |title=Ships, Both Coasts, Disposed |publisher=Nvr.navy.mil |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref>

Note for ships marked with '''refit''':
[[USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635)|''Sam Rayburn'' (SSBN-635)]] was converted into a training platform &ndash; Moored Training Ship (MTS-635). ''Sam Rayburn'' arrived for conversion on 1 February 1986, and on 29 July 1989 the first moored training ship achieved initial criticality. Modifications included special mooring arrangements including a mechanism to absorb power generated by the main propulsion shaft. [[USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626)|''Daniel Webster'' (SSBN-626)]] was converted to the second Moored Training Ship (MTS-2 / MTS-626) in 1993. The Moored Training Ship Site is located at Naval Weapons Station Charleston in [[Goose Creek, South Carolina]]. ''Sam Rayburn'' is scheduled to operate as an MTS until 2014 while undergoing shipyard availabilities at four-year intervals.

==Notes==
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