USS Puffer (SSN-652)
.jpg) USS Puffer (SSN-652) on her way to Guam in 1994. |
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| Name: | USS Puffer (SSN-652) |
| Namesake: | The pufferfish |
| Ordered: | 26 March 1963 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 8 February 1965 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1968 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. John B. Colwell |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 July 1996 |
| Struck: | 12 July 1996 |
| Motto: | Pride in Perfection |
| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 28 March 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class attack 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) |
| Installed power: | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
| Speed: | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Test depth: | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement: | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted 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 attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pufferfish, a fish which inflates its body with air.
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[edit] Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Puffer was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down there 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.
[edit] Service history
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On May 22, 1978 a valve was mistakenly opened releasing up to 500 US gallons (1,900 l; 420 imp gal) of radioactive water in the Puget Sound.
[edit] Decommissioning and disposal
Puffer was decommissioned on 12 July 1996 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, began on 20 October 1996 and was completed on 28 March 1997.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- 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 Puffer (SSN-652)
- ACP 113 Navy Callsigns
- USS Puffer (SSN-652) Inactivation Ceremony Program
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