submarines are taken offline and electricity is supplied to the boats via "shore power" cables. But because of the devastation from the hurricane this was not possible. Instead, the decision was made by the U.S. Navy, in cooperation with officials from the State of Hawaii, to bring the Queenfish's reactor online, along with the reactors on two other submarines and reverse the current flow through the shore power cables. As a result, the three Navy submarines provided power to the island of Oahu for approximately 36 hours until repairs could be made to the islands power generating facilities. July 1985 "Queenfish" deployed on a mission with the USS Aspro to the North Pole. Decommissioning and disposal Queenfish was deactivated on 21 September 1990, decommissioned on 8 November 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 14 April 1992. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, began on 1 May 1992 and was completed on 7 April 1993. The escape trunk was removed and is currently utilized at the US Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School, Key West, Florida in their Submarine Escape and Buoyant Ascent Tower. References NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Queenfish (SSN-651) Sturgeon-class submarines Cold War submarines of the United States Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy 1966 ships Ships built in Newport News, Virginia