USS Bergall (SSN-667)
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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 9 March 1965
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| Laid down:
| 16 April 1966
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| Launched:
| 17 February 1968
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| Commissioned:
| 13 June 1969
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| Decommissioned:
| 6 June 1996
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| Fate:
| submarine recycling
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| Stricken:
| 6 June 1997
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 4007 tons light, 4301 tons full, 294 tons dead
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| Length:
| 89 meters (292 feet)
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| Beam:
| 9.7 meters (32 feet)
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| Draft:
| 8.8 meters (29 feet)
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| Propulsion:
| S5W reactor
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| Complement:
| 14 officers, 95 men
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| Armament:
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| Motto:
| Invisible, Invulnerable, Invincible
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USS Bergall (SSN-667), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall, a small fish of the New England coast. The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 16 April 1966. She was launched on 17 February 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Ray C. Needham, and commissioned on 13 June 1969, with Commander Billy F. Tally in command.
- 27 years of history go here
On 23 April 1984 Bergall collided with USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) at Norfolk, Virginia.
Bergall was decommissioned on 6 June 1996 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 June 1997. Ex-Bergall entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 29 September 1997 ceased to exist.
See USS Bergall for other ships of the same name.
References
Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register
