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  These photos added 11/11/98: Submitted by Tom Humphrey.
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(Woodrow Wilson SSBN624 under the Golden Gate Bridge enroute to new homeport of Charleston SC via the Panama Canal, January 1964)

(Launching of Woodrow Wilson SSBN624 from the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1963)

(Launching of Woodrow Wilson SSBN 624 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1963)

(Color photo of launching ceremony at mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1963)

(Commissioning Ceremony of Woodrow Wilson SSBN624 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1963)

(Christmas gift from Mare Island Naval Shipyard to the Fleet, December 1963)

(Change of crew ceremony at Rota Spain)

(Artis rendering of a submerged submarine missile launch)

(Commissioning Ceremony at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, December 27, 1963 with honors to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren)

(Commissioning Ceremony inspection at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, December 27,1963)

(Presentation of the keys to the USS Woodrow Wilson SSBN624 at commissioning ceremonies, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, December 27, 1963)

(USS Woodrow Wilson SSN624 underway at sea)

(USS Woodrow Wilson SSBN624, underway transiting the Golden Gate)

(The submarine delta piers at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington on the Hood Canal)

(Trident Refit Facility at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, St. Marys, Georgia)

(Trident Refit Facility at Kings Bay Naval submarine Base, St. marys, Georgia)

(Woodrow Wilson in drydock at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company during first overhaul in 1968)

(Photo from Inactivation ceremonies at Charleston, SC. in 1993)

(Photo from Inactivation ceremonies at Charleston, SC. in 1993)

(Photo from Inactivation ceremonies at Charleston, SC. in 1993)

(Photo taken of a ship's swim call after sea trials following an extended refit period somewhere off the coast of Florida (1979-80). (Submitted by Mitch Ostrow)

WW3.jpg (Photo of the Woodrow Wilson transiting out of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. (Submitted by Mitch Ostrow)

(Photo of Woodrow Wilson in floating drydock during an extended refit period at the Charleston, South Carolina Naval Weapons Station. (Submitted by Mitch Ostrow)

(Photo of Woodrow Wilson during port call in Lisbon, Portugal. (Submitted by Mitch Ostrow)

(Photo of a wall in the crews mess aboard Woodrow Wilson. (Submitted by Mitch Ostrow)

(Forty-One For Freedom - U.S. Navy's Polaris Submarine Fleet). These are the ship's logo's of the original 41 Polaris FBM submarines.

(Photo of an A3 DASO launch from Woodrow Wilson which failed. The missile fell back into the water, landed on the missile deck.The 1st stage rocket motor ignited and cartwheeled across the missile deck, exiting aft over the side and exploded.  Minimal damage to the boat, but the crew needed a special "laundry call" upon returning to port).