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Welcome to the SSBN 657
USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Crew Home Page
This web site is dedicated to the men of the Key and their families, and to the 41 for Freedom FBM submarines, anyone else just would not understand. As George Orwell wrote: "we sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
Key surfacing from emergency blow drill. Picture taken from the USS Pulaski. and provided by RM 1 Pat King. Picture was taken by ET1 Peter Bentivegna of the 633 - now on eternal patrol.
Key News 
August 2008 - New Key shipmates added in August 2008. Norrholm, Leif 67 - 69; Smithhart, Lewis 69 - 73; Dyer, Raymond 91 - 93; Marrah, Thomas 77 - 80. Check the crew list for details.
August 16, 2008 - Scroll down this page to view the Key Picture of the Week. "Nuclear Power Outage"
July 2008 - New Key shipmates added in July 2008. Edwards, Jerry 72 - 75; Milby, Bill 68 - 71; Latscher, Mike 72 - 76; Mattson, Larry 68 - 69; Benshoof, Mark 77 - 79; Wise, Richard 84 - 87. Check crew list for details.
July 30, 2008 - We recently received notice of the passing on July 25, 2008 of Lt. Robert L Sminkey, Plank owner, Gold Crew 1967 - 1970 from his son Bob. Our sympathies go out to his family. Anyone wishing to add any comments to Robert's Eternal Patrol memorial area, please send them to ssbn657@comcast.net.
July 18, 2008 - We were just contacted by Dolores Spaulding, the wife of Richard Spaulding - Plank Owner, Cook, Gold Crew notifying us of Richards passing on June 27, 2000. She wrote "He would be proud to be on your web site with his friends." Richard has been added to the Crew List and to the Eternal Patrol area. If any of you guys remember Richard and would like to add some comments to his memorial page, please send them to ssbn657@comcast.net.
July 8, 2008 - I just created a new section that gathers the information that has been collected on the decommissioning of the Key in September 1993. Just click on Decomm to read about it.
July 4, 2008 - A happy July 4th to everyone. Remember, keep those pictures ands stories coming.
Key Picture of the Week - a picture is selected from the Key photo area and featured here each week.
Underway on nuclear power - but not for long.
This picture of the Key was taken by LT Tom Wagner in early 1993 in Pearl Harbor, HI. The Key was going out to sea for a few days to be the bad guy for a 688's NTPI. This was to be the next to last trip for the Key under nuclear power. Tom was the contact coordinator for the very last underway on our own nuclear power, but did not get any pictures of that cruise which went from SUBASE PH to their little weapons station to unload all the torpedoes, then back again that afternoon to the SUBASE where the nuclear reactor shut down for the last time. So this might be the last picture of the Key underway on nuclear power.
KEY NEWS Archives - Be sure to check out the previous month's news.
REUNION 2010
The next reunion of the crew of the KEY will be held in 2010. Date and location to be determined.
That's all the news that's fit to print. We are always adding new material so check in often. Below most of the section links on the left side of the page is the date that section was last updated. Check there to see if anything has been added since your last visit. This is your site so please contribute content where ever you can. Send your material to ssbn657@comcast.net.
(began 9/14/06)
Key Webmaster is Russ Christie MT1 Blue & Combined Crews 70 - 75 - Please hold your applause.