USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
 USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) on 10 January 1983 |
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| Name: | USS Casimir Pulaski |
| Namesake: | Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War |
| Ordered: | 20 July 1961 |
| Builder: | Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1963 |
| Launched: | 1 February 1964 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. John A. Gronouski, Jr. |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 March 1994 |
| Struck: | 7 March 1994 |
| Motto: | Per Tridentem Libertas ("Freedom through Seapower") |
| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 21 October 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | James Madison-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 7,300 long tons (7,417 t) surfaced 8,250 long tons (8,382 t) submerged |
| Length: | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 15,000 shp (11,185 kW) |
| Propulsion: | One S5W pressurized-water nuclear reactor, two geared steam turbines, one shaft |
| Speed: | Over 20 knots |
| Test depth: | 1,300 feet (400 m) |
| Complement: | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold Crew) of 120 men each |
| Armament: | • 16 × ballistic missile tubes • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) forward torpedo tubes |
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kazimierz Pułaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.
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[edit] Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Casimir Pulaski was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 20 July 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 12 January 1963. She was launched on 1 February 1964, sponsored by Mrs. John A. Gronouski, Jr., and commissioned on 14 August 1964, with Captain Robert L. J. Long in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Thomas B. Brittain, Jr., in command of the Gold Crew.
[edit] Service history
- History from 1964 to 1994 needed.
[edit] Decommissioning and disposal
After her final cruise under Commander Kenneth W. Wrona, Casimir Pulaski was decommissioned on 7 March 1994 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington was completed on 21 October 1994.
[edit] References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633), http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08633.htm, retrieved 2011 September 25 ==
NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633)
[edit] External links
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633): The Story Of A Cold War Warrior, http://www.usscasimirpulaski.com/index.htm, retrieved 2011 September 25
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