USS Memphis (SSN-691) [SEP] vessel class
USS Memphis (SSN-691)
USS "Memphis" (SSN-691), a , was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Memphis, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 23 June 1973. She was launched on 3 April 1976 sponsored by Mrs. Cathy Beard (née Rieniets), wife of Congressman Robin L. Beard, Jr., and commissioned on
working on the USS Narwhal (SSN-671), USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) and NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft, he became Chief Engineer for the Trident Program and USS Memphis (SSN-691), then Director of Engineering for Virginia class submarines. On retirement he was Director of Submarine Concept Formulation.
In 2000, he received the General Dynamics Technology Excellence Award. 
In 2003 he received the Gibbs Brothers Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for leading innovations in developing the naval architecture of submarines for the efficient utilization of advanced