USS Dace (SSN-607): Difference between revisions
m Standard headings &/or gen fixes. using AWB |
Edit: USS Dace ceased to exist 1 January 1997 |
||
| Line 58: | Line 58: | ||
'''USS ''Dace'' (SSN-607)''', a [[Permit class submarine|''Permit''-class]] [[submarine]], was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[dace]], any of several small [[dace|North American fresh-water fishes]] of the [[carp]] family. The contract to build her was awarded to [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]] on [[3 March]] [[1959]] and her keel was laid down on [[6 June]] [[1960]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[18 August]] [[1962]] sponsored by [[Betty Ford]], wife of future [[President of the United States]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[4 April]] [[1964]], with Commander John A. Walsh in command. |
'''USS ''Dace'' (SSN-607)''', a [[Permit class submarine|''Permit''-class]] [[submarine]], was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[dace]], any of several small [[dace|North American fresh-water fishes]] of the [[carp]] family. The contract to build her was awarded to [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]] on [[3 March]] [[1959]] and her keel was laid down on [[6 June]] [[1960]]. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[18 August]] [[1962]] sponsored by [[Betty Ford]], wife of future [[President of the United States]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[4 April]] [[1964]], with Commander John A. Walsh in command. |
||
''Dace'' was decommissioned and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[2 December]] [[1988]]. Ex-''Dace'' entered the Nuclear Powered [[Ship and Submarine Recycling Program]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]] |
''Dace'' was decommissioned and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[2 December]] [[1988]]. Ex-''Dace'' entered the Nuclear Powered [[Ship and Submarine Recycling Program]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]]<!-- on --> and on [[1 January]] [[1997]] ceased to exist. |
||
== See also == |
== See also == |
||
Revision as of 08:08, 12 December 2007
.jpg) USS Dace (SSN-607) | |
| Career | 
|
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 3 March 1959 |
| Laid down: | 6 June 1960 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 4 April 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 December 1988 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 2 December 1988 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3070 tons surfaced, 3500 tons submerged |
| Length: | 278 feet 5 inches (84.9 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.7 m) |
| Draft: | |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Speed: | 15 kt surfaced (28 km/h), 28 kt submerged (52 km/h) |
| Depth: | 700 feet (200 m) |
| Complement: | nine officers and 76 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962 sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr., and commissioned on 4 April 1964, with Commander John A. Walsh in command.
Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington and on 1 January 1997 ceased to exist.
See also
See USS Dace for other ships of the same name.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.