USS Finback (SSN-670)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Finback (SSN-670) |
| Ordered: | 9 March 1965 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1967 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 4 February 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 March 1997 |
| Struck: | 28 March 1997 |
| Motto: | All Good Men |
| Fate: | Submarine recycling program |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 4,001 long tons (4,065 t) light 4,292 long tons (4,361 t) full 291 long tons (296 t) dead |
| Length: | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × S5W nuclear reactor |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Finback (SSN-670), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 26 June 1967. She was launched on 7 December 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bird, and commissioned on 4 February 1970, with Commander Robert C. Austin in command.
In 1986, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet.
Finback was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 March 1997. Ex-Finback entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 30 October 1997 ceased to exist.
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