- Construction and commissioning
- Service history
- Decommissioning and disposal
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1991}} | Ship name= USS Sea Devil | Ship namesake=The sea devil (Manta birostria), also known as the manta ray and devil ray | Ship ordered= 28 May 1964 | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= 12 April 1966 | Ship launched= 5 October 1967 | Ship sponsor=Mrs. Ignatius J. Galantin | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 30 January 1969 | Ship decommissioned= 16 October 1991 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= 16 October 1991 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 March 1998, completed 7 September 1999 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
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}} | USS Sea Devil (SSN-664), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria), also known as the manta ray or devil ray, the largest of all living rays, noted for power and endurance. Construction and commissioningThe contract to build Sea Devil was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia. on 28 May 1964, and her keel was laid down there on 12 April 1966. She was launched on 5 October 1967, sponsored by Mrs. Ignatius J. Galantin, the wife of Admiral Ignatius J. "Pete" Galantin (1910–2004), and commissioned on 30 January 1969 with Commander Richard A. Currier in command. Service historySea Devil was assigned to Submarine Division 62 at Norfolk, Virginia. She operated out of Norfolk into at least 1977. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron 4 in Charleston SC from the mid 1980s until her decommissioning in 1991. She was a 637 class fast attack hunter killer. She also surfaced multiple times through the ice in the arctic. {{Expand section|history from 1969 to 1991|date=January 2010}}Decommissioning and disposalSea Devil was decommissioned on 16 October 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, began on 1 March 1998 and was completed on 7 September 1999. References - {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/sea-devil-ssn-664.html}}
- {{NVR|{{NVR url|id=SSN664}}}}
- NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Sea Devil (SSN-664)
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