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Builder
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Sponsored by
Mrs. Arthur R. Gralla
Ordered
25 June 1968
Keel Laid down
9 February 1970
Launched
9 October 1971
Commissioned
1 September 1972
Decommissioned
17 March 1999
Struck
17 March 1999
Fate: Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed
22 November 2002
Class & type: Sturgeon-class submarine
Speed and Depth: You can find speed and depth numbers on Wiki or other websites, but if we told you, we would have to kill you so we will not verify or deny anything you might find on other sites.
Displacement: 4,195 long tons (4,262 t) light, 4,501 long tons (4,573 t) full, 306 long tons (311 t) dead
Length: 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m)
Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft: 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power: 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
Propulsion: One S5W nuclear reactor with S3G3 modified core, two steam turbines, one screw
Complement: 112 (14 officers, 98 enlisted men)
Armament: 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.