Our Association

The purpose of the Association is to further the continuation of comraderie formed and the good fellowship established among the officers and men who served on one or more of the B-Girls during their long and illustrious careers.  Whenever the crew were deployed together it forged a bond that is almost unbreakable.  This bond helped the crew during the worse times.  Reunions allow these shipmates to reconnect and share all those experiences while they were in the service.  In that respect, it was decided that B-Girls reunions would be held every two (2) years.  The B-Girls submarines were the last diesel-electric propelled attack submarines built for the United States Navy.  Here is a little bit of information about each boat.

Awarded: August 24,1955
Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
Keel Laid: May  18, 1956
Launched: July 19, 1958
Commissioned: January 17, 1959
Decommissioned: Dec  4, 1989

Awarded: June 29, 1956
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS 
Keel Laid: April 15, 1957
Launched: May 16, 1959
Commissioned: October 15, 1959
Decommissioned: Oct 1, 1990

Awarded: June 29, 1956
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ
Keel Laid: June 3, 1957
Launched: Nov 22, 1958
Commissioned: July 9, 1959
Decommissioned: Sep 28, 1988