USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) Arc patch
On 7 April 1987, two crewmen of Ulysses S. Grantwere swept off the submarine's missile deck during heavy seas 3 miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. One man, Lt. David Jimenez of Groton, Connecticut, was rescued but was pronounced dead soon afterwards. The second man, Chief Torpedoman's Mate Larry Thompson of Concord, California, remained "lost at sea".
In 1989, after the Blue Crew turned Ulysses S. Grantover to the Gold Crew while she was moored alongside the submarine tender USS Fulton, the Gold Crew took the submarine to Holy Loch, and Ulysses S. Grant operated on deterrent patrols out of Holy Loch for the remainder of her career.
On 7 April 1987, two crewmen of Ulysses S. Grantwere swept off the submarine's missile deck during heavy seas 3 miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. One man, Lt. David Jimenez of Groton, Connecticut, was rescued but was pronounced dead soon afterwards. The second man, Chief Torpedoman's Mate Larry Thompson of Concord, California, remained "lost at sea".
In 1989, after the Blue Crew turned Ulysses S. Grantover to the Gold Crew while she was moored alongside the submarine tender USS Fulton, the Gold Crew took the submarine to Holy Loch, and Ulysses S. Grant operated on deterrent patrols out of Holy Loch for the remainder of her career.
On 7 April 1987, two crewmen of Ulysses S. Grantwere swept off the submarine's missile deck during heavy seas 3 miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. One man, Lt. David Jimenez of Groton, Connecticut, was rescued but was pronounced dead soon afterwards. The second man, Chief Torpedoman's Mate Larry Thompson of Concord, California, remained "lost at sea".
In 1989, after the Blue Crew turned Ulysses S. Grantover to the Gold Crew while she was moored alongside the submarine tender USS Fulton, the Gold Crew took the submarine to Holy Loch, and Ulysses S. Grant operated on deterrent patrols out of Holy Loch for the remainder of her career.