USS Kamehameha deploys for six months
by SUBPAC Public Affairs

NAVY WIRE SERVICE (NWS) - 1 June 1999 -

     PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NWS) -- USS Kamehameha (SSN 642),
a Benjamin Franklin-class submarine based here departed May
28 for a six-month deployment.
     Kamehameha is capable of deploying Special Operations
Forces and serves as a special purpose, multi-mission
submarine. The boat has MK-48 torpedo capabilities and is
capable of fulfilling a number of varied missions.
     Kamehameha was commissioned as the 30th ballistic
missile submarine in December 1965 but was converted to a
conventional submarine in July 1992. The boat has a
complement of 150 men. She is named after Kamehameha the
Great, the warrior and statesman who first united the
Hawaiian Islands under a single ruler.
                            -USN-