USS Dace (SSN-607)
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | USS Dace |
| Namesake: | The dace, any of various freshwater fishes |
| Awarded: | 3 March 1959 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 6 June 1960 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1962 |
| Sponsored by: | Betty Ford |
| Commissioned: | 4 April 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 December 1988 |
| Struck: | 2 December 1988 |
| Fate: | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 January 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,070 tons surfaced, 3,500 tons submerged |
| Length: | 278 ft 5 in (84.86 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Speed: | 15 kt surfaced (28 km/h), 28 kt submerged (52 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 2000 feet (650 m) |
| Complement: | Fourteen officers and 105 enlisted men |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
BQQ5 |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Notes: | YUK 27 FC |
USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr., and commissioned on 4 April 1964, with Commander John A. Walsh in command.
- History from 1964 to 1988 needed.
Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington and on 1 January 1997 ceased to exist.
[edit] See also
- Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee, USN, who commanded USS Dace.
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