DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691) FPO AE 09578-2371 Ser 691-038 From: Commanding Officer, USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691) To : Director, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, 805 Kidder Breese SE, Washington, DC 20374-5060 Subj : COMMAND HISTORY FOR 2000 Ref: (a) OPNAVINST 5750.12G May 1444- an0 o Encl: (1) Command Composition and Organization (2) Chronology (3) Narrative (4) Supporting Documents 1. Per reference (a), enclosures 1 through (4) are provided for your Command History File. L. JOHNSON By direction
Commanding Officer Executive Officer Chief of the Boat Training Coordinators COMMAND COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION Personnel Officer Maintenance, Material and Management (3M) Coordinator Navigator/Operations Officer Asst Operations Officer Operations Department Enlisted Advisor Assistant Navigator Navigation Division LPO Communications Officer Communications Division LPO Combat Systems Officer Assistant Combat Systems Officer Combat Systems LCPO Fire Control Division LPO Torpedo Division LPO First Lieutenant Deck Division Leading Petty Officer Sonar Division Leading Petty Officer Engineer Officer Engineering Department Master Chief Main Propulsion Assistant Machinery Division LPO Electrical Officer Electrical Division LPO Reactor Controls Assistant Reactor Controls Division LPO Damage Control Assistant Auxiliary Division LPO ~hemistry/~adiological Controls Asst Leading Engineering Laboratory Tech Supply Officer Supply Department LPO Stores Division Officer Stores Division LPO Food Services Division Officer Food Services Division LPO Medical Department Representative CDR M. R. Breor LCDR M. L. Johnson MMCM L. G. Muller EMCS MMCS ETCS YNC ETC JG ETCS ETC ETC JG ETCS MMCS FTC MM1 MMCS MM2 STSC LCDR EMCS JG MMC JG EMC JG ETC JG MMC MM1 MSC SKI MS1 HM1 Enclosure (1)
Command Short Title: USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691) Command UIC: 20782 Command Address: USS MEMPHIS (SSN 691) FPO AE 09578-2371 Homeport : Immediate Superior in Command Type Commander Naval Submarine Base New London Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 12 Naval Submarine Base, New London Groton, CT 06349-5200 Commander Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet 7958 Blandy Rd Norfolk, VA 23551-2492
CHRONOLQGY May 10,1999 July 07, 1999 Aug 02,1999 Sep 14,1999 Sep 22,1999 Sep 23,1999 Sep 25,1999 Oct 05,1999 Nov 29,1999 Dec 16,1999 Dec 18,1999 Jan 08,2000 Arrive Groton 09004 fiom NORLANT Deployment 31 Days at Sea Underway for TRE at 09004 58 Days in Port TRE 27-29 July Arrive Groton 1000Q, Pier 12N 26 Days at Sea Underway 1 OOOQ 43 Days in Port Arrive Groton 14004, Pier 15s 9 days at Sea Underway 08004 1 day in Port OWE 23-25 Sep Arrive Groton 08004, Pier 15s 2 days at Sea Berth Shift to Shippingport Drydock Commence SRA 10 days at 15s Undocking/Berth Shift to Pier 6N Underway 1200R 72 days in port Post-SRA Sea Trials Arrive Groton 0830R, Pier 6N 2 days at Sea Commence Christmas Stand-down Underway for Pittsburgh TRE 20 Days in Port USS Pittsburgh TRE Enclosure (2)
Jan 19,2000 Feb 08,2000 Feb 14,2000 Feb 25,2000 Feb 29,2000 Mar 03,2000 Mar 06,2000 Apr 15,2000 Apr 17,2000 Apr 18,2000 Apr 25,2000 Apr 26,2000 h v e Groton 1400R, Pier 6N 12 Days at Sea Commence POM- 1 Upkeep Underway 1 1 3 OR 19 Days in Port SELRFT Arrive Groton 0800R, Pier 6N 7 Days at Sea Commence PDT Underway 1400R 10 Days in Port PEV Port Visit Arrive PEV Berth, Pier 5 Days at Sea Commence Port Visit Underway 1200R 2 Days in Port Transit to Groton Arrive Groton, Pier 6N 4 Days at Sea Commence POM-2 Underway 16004 39 Days in Port Basic Scenarios Arrive Groton, Pier 6N, 17004 3 Days at Sea Eniergent DAWG Repairs Underway 0 Days in Port Arrive Groton, Pier 33N 8 Days at Sea Emergent Repairs TB-29 Underway, 0 Days in Port Basic Scenarios
Apr 28,2000 May 09,2000 May 19,2000 June 02,2000 June 04,2000 June 05,2000 June 09,2000 June 14,2000 August 18,2000 August 26,2000 August 30,2000 Arrive Groton, Pier 6N 3 Days at Sea Commence Z-Avail Underway 16304 10 Days in Port Basic Scenarios 1 POM Workup Arrive Groton, Pier 6N, 1 OOOQ 11 Days at Sea Commence Z-Avail Underway, Pier 6N, 15304 13 Days in Port POMCERT Arrive Groton, Pier 6N, 08004 3 Days at Sea Emergent Repairs 1 OK & ARC1 Underway, Pier 6N, 13304 0 Days in Port POMCERT Arrive Groton, Pier 6N, 1 OOOQ 5 Days at Sea Final Load-out Underway, Pier 6N, 14004 4 Days in Port North Atlantic Deployment Arrive, Berth 6,09002 Bergen, Norway 66 Days at Sea Mid-Deployment Port Visit Underway, Berth 6, 1 OOOZ 7 Days in Port Transit to Plymouth, U.K. Arrive, 9 Wharf, 06002 Plymouth, UK 4 Days at Sea Mid-Deployment UPKEEP
September 12,2000 Underway, 9 Wharf, 16002 12 Days in Port October 09,2000 Arrive, Wharf 6, 16002 Faslane, UK 28 Days at Sea Emergent Repairs to TB-29 October 11,2000 Berth Shift, 12002 Shift fiom Wharf 6 to Wharf 10 Facilitate on-load of TB-29 October 13,2000 Underway, Wharf 10,12002 3 Days in Port November 3,2000 BSP, Andoya, NO, 09002 HUMEVAC November 24,2000 Arrive, Bremerhaven, Germany Liberty Port 43 Days at Sea December 0 1,2000 Underway, Return Transit fiom Deployment 6 Days in Port December 12,2000 BSP, Halifax, Nova Scotia ORSE Team Enibark December 14,2000 Arrive, Pier 6N, 14 Days at Sea
NARRATIVE In early January, MEMPHIS made a short underway in support of another unit's Tactical Readiness Evaluation in the Southern Atlantic. Upon return to port, MEMPHIS began the POM Cycle for a summer deployment. MEMPHIS had a short underway for local operations in February. MEMPHIS made a liberty port visit in Port Everglades, Florida in March. MEMPHIS made three short underways in local areas in support of POM Certifications during April, May, and June. MEMPHIS completed POM certification in June. MEMPHIS deployed to the North Atlantic 14 June. From 14 June to 14 December she completed operations in the North Atlantic. MEMPHIS visited Bergen, Norway in August, completed a deployed upkeep in Plymouth in September and visited Bremerhaven, Germany in November. MEMPHIS finished the deployment with an Operational Reactor Safeguards Exam on the transit from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Groton in December. MEMPHIS completed the year with the crew in standown following the six-month deployment. Enclosure (3)