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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (7)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal
 

USS SIMON LAKE was the lead ship of the SIMON LAKE - class of submarine tenders and the first ship in the Navy named after Simon Lake who was a mechanical engineer and naval architect. He was the inventor of even-keel type submarines and built ARGONUT, in 1897, which was the first submarine to operate successfully in the open sea. He also invented submarine apparatus for locating and recovering sunken vessels and their cargoes, and a heavy-oil internal combustion engine for marine use. He died on 23 June 1945.

The USS SIMON LAKE served the Navy for 34 years until decommissioned on July 31, 1999. At the moment, the SIMON LAKE is held in reserve at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va.

	General Characteristics: Awarded: August 8, 1962
	Keel laid: January 7, 1963
	Launched: February 8, 1964
	Commissioned: November 7, 1964
	Decommissioned: July 31, 1999
	Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
	Propulsion System: two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft
	Propellers: one
	Length: 643.7 feet (196.2 meters)
	Beam: 85 feet (25.9 meters)
	Draft: 30 feet (9.1 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 20,000 tons
	Speed: 18 knots
	Armament: four 20mm guns
	Crew: approx. 1,200

* Taken from http://navysite.de/ships/as33.htm