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Career
USS Lipscomb (SSN-685)
Awarded:	16 December 1968
Laid down:	5 June 1971
Launched:	4 August 1973
Commissioned:	21 December 1974
Fate:	submarine recycling
Stricken:	11 July 1990
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5813 tons surfaced, 6480 tons submerged
Length:	365 ft (111 m)
Beam:	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft:
Powerplant:	S5W reactor
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h) surfaced, 23 knots (43 km/h) submerged
Depth:	1300 ft (400 m)
Complement:	12 officers, 109 enlisted
Armament:	4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), a unique submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for that Congressman. She was the Navy's second design using a turbo-electric power plant similar to USS Tullibee. While this design is quieter, it is heavier and larger than conventional drive trains. Those disadvantages, along with reliability issues, led to the decision not to use this design for the follow-on Los Angeles-class submarines. Other than the engine room, Lipscomb was generally similar to the Sturgeon-class, and was a fully combat-capable attack submarine.

Construction of Lipscomb began on 5 June 1971 at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 4 August 1973, sponsored by Mrs. Glenard P. Lipscomb, and was commissioned on 21 December 1974 with Commander James F. Caldwell in command. She was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 July 1990 and disposed of by submarine recycling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 1 December 1997.

References

This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

navsource.org: USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685)

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-'''USS ''Glenard P. Lipscomb'' (SSN-685)''', a unique [[submarine]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for [[Glenard Lipscomb|that Congressman]].  She was the [[US Navy]]'s second design using a turbo-electric power plant similar to [[USS Tullibee|USS ''Tullibee'']]. While this design is quieter, it is heavier and larger than conventional drive trains. Those disadvantages, along with reliability issues, led to the decision not to use this design for the follow-on [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class of submarines]]. Other than the engine room, ''Lipscomb'' was generally similar to the [[Sturgeon class submarine|''Sturgeon''-class]], and was a fully combat-capable attack [[submarine]].
+'''USS ''Glenard P. Lipscomb'' (SSN-685)''', a unique [[submarine]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for [[Glenard Lipscomb|that Congressman]].  She was the Navy's second design using a turbo-electric power plant similar to [[USS Tullibee (SSN-597)|USS ''Tullibee'']]. While this design is quieter, it is heavier and larger than conventional drive trains. Those disadvantages, along with reliability issues, led to the decision not to use this design for the follow-on [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] submarines. Other than the engine room, ''Lipscomb'' was generally similar to the [[Sturgeon class submarine|''Sturgeon''-class]], and was a fully combat-capable attack submarine.
 Construction of ''Lipscomb'' began on [[5 June]] [[1971]] at the Electric Boat shipyard in [[Groton, Connecticut]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] [[4 August]] [[1973]], sponsored by Mrs. Glenard P. Lipscomb, and was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[21 December]] [[1974]] with Commander James F. Caldwell in command. She was decommissioned and struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[11 July]] [[1990]] and disposed of by [[Ship-Submarine recycling program|submarine recycling]] at [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] on [[1 December]] [[1997]].
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 == References ==
 This article includes information collected from the [[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]].
+==External links==
+*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08685.htm navsource.org: USS ''Glenard P. Lipscomb'' (SSN-685)]