USS Finback (SSN-670)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Finback.

USS Finback (SSN-670)
USS Finback (SSN-670) off Norfolk, Virginia, probably during sea trials in 1969-1970.
History
United States
NameUSS Finback (SSN-670)
NamesakeThe finback, a whale
Ordered9 March 1965
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down26 June 1967
Launched7 December 1968
Sponsored byMrs. Charles F. Bird
Commissioned4 February 1970
Decommissioned28 March 1997
Stricken28 March 1997
MottoAll Good Men
Honors and
awards		Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1986
FateScrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 October 1997
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General characteristics
Class and typeSturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement
  • 4,001 long tons (4,065 t) light
  • 4,292 long tons (4,361 t) full
  • 291 long tons (296 t) dead
Length292 ft (89 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft29 ft (8.8 m)
Installed power15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
PropulsionOne S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Finback (SSN-670), a Sturgeon-class attack 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.