National Register of Historic Places

USS BLUEBACK (submarine)

Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Listed
September 17, 2008
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
08000947

About this property

USS Blueback (SS-581) is a Barbel-class submarine that served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1990, and subsequently was made into an exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. She was the second Navy submarine to bear the name. Blueback was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi on 15 April 1957. She was launched on 16 May 1959 sponsored by Virginia McManes, wife of Rear Admiral Kenmore M. McManes, and commissioned on 15 October 1959, Lieutenant Commander Robert H. Gautier in command. She was the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy and was the final conventionally powered combat capable submarine to be decommissioned, which left the United States Navy with a fully nuclear submarine fleet, with the exception of the research submarine USS Dolphin which served until 2007.

Location

1945 Water Ave., located on the E. bank of the Wilamette River
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
45.50789, -122.66710

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Sources

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When was USS BLUEBACK (submarine) listed on the National Register?

USS BLUEBACK (submarine) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2008.

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USS BLUEBACK (submarine) is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for USS BLUEBACK (submarine) is recorded as the industrial era.

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