Launched: 2 November 1963 - USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631) The USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631) was the fourteenth of the Lafayette Class of Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines to be built by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, CT. General Dynamics was awarded the contract on 20, July 1961. Her keel was laid on 18 August 1962. She was launched on 2 November 1963 and christened by her sponsor, Mrs. David W. Griffiths of Arlington, Virginia, a great-granddaughter of President Grant, the great Civil War General. Mrs. Griffiths took two swings with the Champagne bottle to successfully spray the bow of the Grant and launch her down the ways into the Thames River. The National Anthem was played by the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser/Destroyer Force Band. The invocation was given by Captain J.J. Tubbs, the New London Submarine Base Chaplain. General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division President, J. William Jones, Jr., gave the Welcome followed by remarks from General Dynamics President Roger Lewis. The main address was given by Admiral H.P. Smith, Commander-In-Chief of the unified United States Atlantic Forces, Commander-In-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander of the Atlantic (NATO). See more at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ulysses_S._Grant_(SSBN-631)
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