USS Puffer (SSN-652)
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Puffer.
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Puffer (SSN-652) |
| Ordered: | 26 March 1963 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 8 February 1965 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 July 1996 |
| Struck: | 12 July 1996 |
| Motto: | Pride in Perfection |
| Fate: | Submarine recycling program |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light 4,272 long tons (4,341 t) full 294 long tons (299 t) dead |
| Length: | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × S5W nuclear reactor |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes • Mark 48 torpedoes • Tomahawk cruise missiles • UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles • Mark 60 CAPTOR mines • Mark 61 mines • Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines |
USS Puffer (SSN-652), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer, a fish which inflates its body with air. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down on 8 February 1965. She was launched on 30 March 1968 sponsored by Mrs. John B. Colwell, and commissioned on 9 August 1969, with Commander John M. Will, Jr., in command.
Puffer was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 July 1996. Ex-Puffer entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 20 October 1996 and on 12 July 1997 ceased to exist.
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- Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register
- ACP 113 Navy Callsigns
- USS Puffer (SSN-652) Inactivation Ceremony Program
