USS Grayling (SSN-646) [SEP] named after
USS Grayling (SSN-646)
USS "Grayling" (SSN-646), a "Sturgeon"-class attack submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayling. Her keel was laid down in 1964, and she was launched just over three years later, and commissioned in 1969. She was involved in the submarine incident off Kola Peninsula on 20 March 1993, when she collided with the Russian Navy submarine "Novomoskovsk". She was decommissioned in 1997, and disposed of a year later.
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709)
USS "Hyman G. Rickover" (SSN-709), a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear Navy, and the only "Los Angeles"-class submarine not named after a United States city or town. It was initially to be named USS "Providence"; however, following the retirement of Admiral Rickover, its name was reassigned prior to official christening. SSN-719 was later given the name USS "Providence"