USS Bergall SSN-667 Submarine Model. USS Bergall SSN-667 Submarine Model Dive again with your shipmates in this USS Bergall SSN-667 Submarine Model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love. Construction and commissioning Bergall is launched at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut, on 17 February 1968. The contract to build Bergall was awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 16 April 1966. She was launched on 17 February 1968, sponsored by Mrs. Needham, and commissioned on 13 June 1969 with Commander Billy F. The first was built by Electric Boat in 1944. The USS Bergall (SSN 667) was a STURGEON Class, especially designed as an anti-submarine weapon. Her keel was laid on 4 April 1966 and she was launched 17 February 1968. After completion of her sea trials she was commissioned on 13 June 1969. She became the 84th nuclear submarine to enter the Fleet and the 43rd attack type. Her assignment upon commissioning was to Submarine Development Group Two in Groton, Connecticut. This assignment was to fully test the Navy’s newest all-purpose sonar, the AN/BQS-13. The AN/BQQ-5 digital sonar system was temporarily installed for test and evaluation in 1972. Bergall was awarded her first Navy Unit Commendation that year for her performance in the testing of the sonar systems and outstanding MK-48 torpedo proficiency. BERGALL has earned the Navy Unit Commendation (twice), Meritorious Unit Commendation (Four times), and numerous Battle Efficiency (“E”), Anti-submarine Warfare (“A”), Weapons Proficiency (“E”), Damage Control (“DC”) and Communications (“C”). Bergall was twice awarded the Commander, Sixth Fleet “Hook’Em” award during deployment to the Mediterranean in 1977 and 1982. Bergall appeared in three movies “The Submarine”, “Topside Safety” and episode 3 of the British TV series Sailor. In Sailor a medical evacuation from BERGALL was undertaken by a helicopter from the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Bergall was the first east -coast submarine to carry a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV). Bergall completed 14 deployments and various exercises and operations vital to the national security of the United States. 1983 Deployed on North Atlantic Patrol for 3 months. 1983 Upon return to Norfolk, VA, SUBRON 6, she immediately resupplied then got underway for a second North Atlantic Patrol taking the billet left vacant by another sub, unable to leave the pier due to engineering difficulties. January 1985 Deployed for the North Atlantic then after refit at Holy Loch, Scotland sailed for the Mediterranean where she performed several patrols in support of 6th fleet operations. She was inactivated on 4 August 1995 and decommissioned 6 June 1996. Collision with USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), 1984 On 23 April 1984, the submarine rescue vessel USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) collided with Bergall at Norfolk, Virginia, while Bergall was moored to the pier aft of Kittiwake. Kittiwake was getting underway for the first time since she had undergone maintenance, during which her main drive motor was re-wired improperly, causing it and the screw it drove to rotate in the opposite direction from that ordered by personnel on Kittiwake’s bridge. This was unknown to Kittiwake’s bridge personnel, who found that Kittiwake started to drift aft when they were expecting her to move forward. Noting the backward motion, they ordered an increase in the motor drive speed in order to correct it and get Kittiwake moving forward, but unwittingly caused Kittiwake to move further aft and at a higher speed. Still not realizing that Kittiwake’s main drive motor operating in reverse of what they expected, Kittiwake’s bridge personnel then ordered another increase in Kittiwake’s forward speed, which only served to increase her speed astern. This continued until Kittiwake’s stern backed into Bergall’s sonar dome. Decommissioning and disposal Bergall was decommissioned on 6 June 1996 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 June 1997. Dive again with your shipmates in this USS Bergall SSN-667 Submarine Model. Length – 20 inches. Bergall is launched at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut, on 17 February 1968. BERGALL is the second submarine to bear the name. In Sailor a medical evacuation from BERGALL was undertaken by a helicopter from the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal. Bergall was the first east -coast submarine to carry a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV). Noting the backward motion, they ordered an increase in the motor drive speed in order to correct it and get Kittiwake moving forward, but unwittingly causéd Kittiwake to move further aft and at a higher speed. Sorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up. No additional information at this time. You might also like. VP-10 Red Lancers Plaque. The item “USS Bergall SSN-667 Submarine Model” is in sale since Friday, September 24, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Models”. The seller is “madfoxpilot” and is located in Seymour, Tennessee. 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