USS Dace SSN-607 Submarine Model. Sail again with the crew of the USS Dace SSN-607 in this handcrafted wooden Submarine Model. Each piece is carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love. Length – 20 inches. US Veteran Owned Business. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald Ford, and commissioned on 4 April 1964. History from 1964 to 1988 needed. Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988.