>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” (1976) Vol. 6, pp.95-96. RICHARD B. RUSSELL Richard B. Russell was born 2 November 1897 in Winder, Ga. He graduated from Gordon Institute in Barnesville, Ga., in 1915 and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Georgia in 1918. He served in the enlisted ranks of the United States Naval Reserve Forces in 1918 and, in 1919, set up law practice in Winder. Prior to entering the United States Senate in 1933, Russell served as county attorney for Georgia’s Barrow County, as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, its Speaker, and finally, he was Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933. Richard B. Russell served in the United States Senate from 1933 to his heath in 1971. He received an LL.D. from Mercer University in 1957. During the 91st Congress, he was president pro tempore of the Senate, a member and former chairman of the Armed Services Committee, a member of the Space and Aeronautics Sciences Committee and of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. He was also a member of the commission which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While still in office, Senator Russell died 21 January 1971 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. SSN-687 Displacement: 3,860 t. Length: 292’2” Beam: 31’8” Draft: 26’ Speed: 20+ k. Complement: 107 Armament: 4 21” torpedo tubes; SUBROC Class: STURGEON RICHARD B. RUSSELL, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, was laid down 19 October 1971 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News, Va.; her keel was authenticated by Mrs. Ina Russell Stacey, sister and official hostess for Senator Russell. The submarine was launched at Newport News 12 January 1974; sponsored by Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge, wife of Senator Herman E. Talmadge. RICHARD B. RUSSELL is scheduled for completion and commissioning early in 1975. [Placed in reserve, while still in commission, on 1 July 1993, RICHARD B. RUSSELL was both decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 June 1994. She is currently in storage in Bremerton, Washington, awaiting her turn for the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program. Her projected start date is 1 October 2001. Internet web site: United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum www.uss-salem.org/worldnav/usa/decom.htm Naval Institute “Proceedings,” May 1999, p.181] Transcribed by Michael Hansen mhansen2@home.com