USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) on 2 July 1979. Four days later, USS James Monroe entered Kings Bay and moored alongside Simon Lake’s starboard side to begin a routine refit in preparation for another nuclear weapons deterrence patrol. "James Monroe" was decommissioned on 25 September 1990 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Ex-"James Monroe" entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington. Recycling of Ex-"James Monroe" was completed on 10 January 1995. USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) USS "James Monroe" (SSBN-622), a ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for
James Monroe retirement in 1825, Monroe was plagued by financial difficulties. He died in New York City on July 4, 1831. He has been generally ranked as an above-average president. James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in his parents' house located in a wooded area of Westmoreland County, Virginia. The marked site is one mile from the unincorporated community known today as Monroe Hall, Virginia. The James Monroe Family Home Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. His father Spence Monroe (1727–1774) was a moderately prosperous planter who also practiced carpentry. His mother Elizabeth Jones