USS Whale (SSN-638)
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USS Whale (SSN-638) was a Sturgeon-class submarine nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. She was the second ship of that name, after the whale family of aquatic mammals.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Whale.
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USS Whale (SSN-638) and her ship's insignia | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Whale |
Namesake | The whale |
Builder | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 27 May 1964 |
Launched | 14 October 1966 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Russell B. Long |
Commissioned | 12 October 1968 |
Decommissioned | 25 June 1996 |
Stricken | 25 June 1996 |
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Honors and awards | Battle Efficiency Award (Battle "E") (1991) |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, 29 September 1997 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 292 ft 3 in (89.08 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
Installed power | 15,000 shp (11,185.5 kW) |
Propulsion | |
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Test depth | 1,300 ft (396 m) |
Complement | 107 |
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