USS Gurnard (SSN-662)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Gurnard (SSN-662) |
| Ordered: | 24 October 1963 |
| Builder: | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 22 December 1964 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 6 December 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 April 1995 |
| Struck: | 28 April 1995 |
| Motto: | De Profundis ("From The Depths") |
| Fate: | Submarine recycling program |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 4,010 long tons (4,074 t) light 4,309 long tons (4,378 t) full 299 long tons (304 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: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Gurnard (SSN-662), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gurnard, a kind of fish. The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 24 October 1963, and her keel was laid down on 22 December 1964. She was launched on 20 May 1967 sponsored by Mrs. George P. Miller, and commissioned on 6 December 1968, with Commander William S. Cole, Jr. in command.
Gurnard was decommissioned on 28 April 1995 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 April 1995. Ex-Gurnard entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 15 October 1997 ceased to exist.
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- 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.
