Donations are needed to weld the Sail of the 688 boat back together and to prepare the ground to present the Sail as a memorial to all who served in the US Navy’s submarine service. The location TBD will be near the LA Maritime Museum, the USS Iowa and hopefully the bow of the USS Los Angeles (CA 135).
USS LOS ANGELES (SSN 688) – arriving Port of Los Angeles DEC 7, 2007.
This was the submarine’s first port visit to her name sake city, Los Angeles.
This picture of the 688’s Sail was taken on her 2nd port visit to Los Angeles during the actual Decommissioning Ceremony January 23, 2010
The Sail of the 688 Boat has returned to Los Angeles in 2012 but it is in (3) three pieces and needs funding to put it back together again.
Here are the 43,000 LBS of fair water planes from the 688 Boat.
USS LAPON (SSN 661) SAIL – LOCATION: SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.
For donations over $100.00 Memorial/Donor named Bricks encircle the Sail.
SEND A CHECK TODAY:
NAVY DAYS – LA
2210 3RD STREET, STE 119
SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
MEMO: FOR 688 BOAT’S SAIL.
Thanking you in advance for your contribution!
Navy Days – LA is part of the Navy League of the United States and is a 501 (C) 3 tax exempt organization promoting the public’s education of our Sea Services. Navy Days – LA IRS EIN number is: 55-0882597 and the State of California Franchise Organization no. is: 9593343.
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I was on Los Angeles 1977-1981 and will send my donation to see the sail restored and sitting at the Maritime Museum soon. BTW, the boat first visited Los Angeles in 1978 when we brought her around from Norfolk on the way to Pearl Harbor. The Los Angeles area really made us feel welcome and we had a great time.
Thank you for visiting and offering to donate, Mr. Griffin!
I served on the Bremerton (698) a decade ago and when the LA was in port we all had a great appreciation of how well she was run by the dedicated crew onboard. Shame they had to cut her along the midsection like that. Curious to know if it’s just a matter of paying to cover the scrap / shipping and if there is a deadline.
Darryl…was it still ’78 when we took her through ‘The Ditch’? I remember taking LA Mayor Bradley onboard. We had comms with a radio station in LA when things went wrong in Control, so Captain Beedle, XO Bob LaBrecque (sp?) and Mayor Bradley moved to Radio while I repaired the remote in Control using a ‘rig for red’ flashlight. I just can’t remember the month.
Terry, I believe it was May 78
The “first” recent visit in Dec was in 2006, not 2007. It was my last underway onboard for Eastpac. I detached when we arrived in LA and flew back to Hawaii for a week before arriving at Prototype in Jan, 2007.
I was aboard for both port visits and am very pleased to know that the sail will become a memorial to all who served. I’ll contribute what I can soon.
Thank you!