From A Different Loved One
Kathy Taylor also had a relative who went down with the Grayback. John Patrick King was her godfather and uncle who was an electrician’s mate, third class. When she spoke to ABC News, she gave a moving tribute to the deceased veteran. “I committed from the very beginning, from a little girl, that I was gonna find him or follow him or keep his memory alive – whatever I could do,” she said. However, the demise of the Grayback did not mark the end of its incredible legacy. A second submarine with an SSG-574 designation was named after it. In July 1957, the new vessel went into service fourteen years after the original went down. It is fitting that Mrs. Virginia S. Moore launched it. She is the widow of the final skipper of the original Grayback, Commander John A. Moore.
From A Different Loved One
A Second Version Of The Grayback
This new Grayback was constructed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California. It was outfitted with top-of-the-line technology that proved to be an improvement from its iconic predecessor. For one thing, the weaponry on this one had guided missiles, which had not yet been available when the first vessel was made in 1941. As a matter of fact, the new Greyback was the first vessel to ever use a Regulus II sea-to-surface missile. The weapons program got canceled soon after the craft was launched, but the new Grayback carried four of these missiles and granted it the ability to strike targets on land. In February 1959, this sub was based at Pearl Harbor.
A Second Version Of The Grayback