USS Finback (SSN-670)
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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 9 March 1965
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| Laid down:
| 26 June 1967
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| Launched:
| 7 December 1968
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| Commissioned:
| 4 February 1970
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| Decommissioned:
| 28 March 1997
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| Fate:
| submarine recycling
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| Stricken:
| 28 March 1997
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 4001 tons light, 4292 tons full, 291 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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| Motto:
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USS Finback (SSN-670), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 26 June 1967. She was launched on 7 December 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Bird, and commissioned on 4 February 1970, with Commander Robert C. Austin in command.
- 27 years of history go here
Finback was decommissioned on 28 March 1997 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 March 1997. Ex-Finback entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 30 October 1997 ceased to exist.
See USS Finback for other ships of the same name.
References
Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register
