Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
Cold War

Presidential Unit Citation (United States)

Section Title: Cold War
Table Section Text: None

Unit	Service	Year awarded	Campaign or battle	Notes

USS Parche (SSN-683)	U.S. Navy	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2004	Official operations are still classified.	The most decorated unit in U.S. Navy history, with a total of nine PUCs awarded during its 30 years of service.

USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687)	U.S. Navy	1987	Operation Manta/Acetone	Submarine communications cable wiretapping operations while USS Parche underwent hull overhaul

USS Halibut (SSGN-587)	U.S. Navy	1972	Operation Ivy Bells	Navy Citation. [6] [7] Submarine communications cable wiretapping operations

USS Flasher (SSN-613)	U.S. Navy	1970	Awarded PUC for having tailed on a Soviet Navy Hotel II ballistic missile submarine undetected for more than twenty days – first long tailing in the Pacific.

USS Lapon (SSN-661)	U.S. Navy	1969	Awarded PUC for having tailed on a Soviet Navy Yankee class ballistic missile submarine undetected for a period of forty-seven days.

USS Halibut (SSGN-587)	U.S. Navy	1968	Operation Sand Dollar	Navy Citation for search mission to locate the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 (Project Azorian). [8]

USS Triton (SSRN-586)	U.S. Navy	1960	Operation Sandblast	Navy Citation for the first submerged circumnavigation made during its shakedown cruise, for 16 February 1960 to 10 May 1960; second peacetime PUC awarded to a unit of the U.S.

USS Nautilus (SSN-571)	U.S. Navy	1958	Operation Sunshine	Navy Citation for the first submerged voyage under the North Pole, for 22 July 1958 to 5 August 1958; first peacetime PUC awarded to a unit of the U.S.

6555th ATW	U.S. Air Force	1966	NASA Gemini and USAF Minuteman Programs	AF Citation for support all AF and NASA launches from the Cape. Significant work included the Gemini Launch Program and development of the USAF Minuteman ICBM.[11]

Sentence(s)

The unit with the most Presidential Unit Citations is the USS Parche (SSN-683) with 9 citations.

final_sentence: The unit with the most Presidential Unit Citations is the USS Parche (SSN-683) with 9 citations.