Last Edited: January 10, 2026
...please email me at steve@ssn687.com with any photos you want to share, a brief description, shipmate names, and the approximate date and I will add here.
posted 12/30/2025

TM's Steve Roberts, Scott Hunter
(deceased), and Steve Rakers. era 1982 Mare Island, CA

shipmates John Chaffey and Ron Ryland- in Peoria 2001

Chief's Quarters with STSCS Lundin (plank owner-deceased) and STSC Murphy- era 1982

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NavOps 1989

NavOps 1990

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LCDR Salmon (XO) and CDR Brons (CO)

CDR Brons underway

shipmate Fred Mott underway

shipmates Ron Shaffer and Bubba Ford

shipmate Paul Bonnett last maneuvering watch in La Spezia Italy

shipmate Paul Bonnett

shipmates Rick Wallerman and Karl Fleishbein

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TM Steve Roberts era 1980

Sonar Room shipmates, Vivo ,Kirk, Brewer, and ??
posted 12/30/2025

New construction

New construction

Maneuvering Room

Maneuvering Room

Sub-base New London CT era Oct 1975

Russell and Spadefish Ft. Lauderdale FL era July 1997

Maneuvering watch- Guantanamo Bay

Swim Call in the Bahamas

Crews Mess Thanksgiving Day 1975

Panama Canal Transit to Mare Island, CA

Panama Canal Transit to Mare Island, CA

Panama Canal Transit to Mare Island, CA

Panama Canal Transit to Mare Island, CA

Panama Canal Transit to Mare Island, CA

Departing Mare Island on DSRV Ops

Mare Island ops prep

Outbound under the Golden Gate Bridge

1989 Deployment

Deployment 1990

Deployment 1990

Hawaii

Sailing past Alcatraz

Moored at Mare Island CA era 1985

Richard B. Russell returning to Mare Island from her last deployment before decommissioning- era 10 June 1993

USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) Decommissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard with USS Parche (SSN-683) seen in the background.
Thank you to the amazing crews who supplied the above photos.