page_title: USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636)
section_title: Decommissioning and disposal
hierarchical_section_title: USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) / Decommissioning and disposal
caption_attribution_description: An elevated view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BALTIMORE (SSN 704) and the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS NATHANAEL GREENE (SSBN 636), foreground, moored at Pier No. 22 of the naval station. The NATHANAEL GREEN is being decommissioned.Location: NAVAL STATION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (VA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
context_page_description: USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Major General Nathanael Greene, who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
context_section_description: Nathanael Greene was decommissioned on 15 December 1986 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 January 1987. Her removal from service allowed the United States to comply easily with the ballistic missile limits of the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty.
  Nathanael Greene entered the U.S. Navy's Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington, on 1 September 1998. Her scrapping was completed on 20 October 2000.
caption: Nathanael Green (bottom) during her decommissioning ceremony. Attack submarine USS Baltimore (SSN-704) (top) is across the pier.
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