USS Permit (SSN-594)

History
United States
Name	USS Permit
Namesake	Permit
Ordered	27 January 1958
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	1 May 1959
Launched	1 July 1961
Commissioned	29 May 1962
Decommissioned	23 July 1991
Stricken	23 July 1991
Fate	Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 30 September 1991
General characteristics
Class and type	Thresher/Permit-class submarine
Displacement	3,700 long tons (3,759 t) surfaced 4,300 long tons (4,369 t) submerged
Length	278 ft 5 in (84.86 m)
Beam	31 ft 7 in (9.63 m)
Draft	25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
Propulsion	1 S5W PWR 2 steam turbines, 15,000 shp (11 MW) 1 shaft
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ surfaced
Test depth	1,300 ft (400 m)
Complement	105 officers and men
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes SUBROC

USS Permit (SSN-594) became the lead ship of her class of submarines when the former lead ship, Thresher (SSN-593) was lost. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit, a game fish found in waters from North Carolina to Brazil.

The contract to build her was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 27 January 1958, and her keel was laid down on 1 May 1959. She was launched on 1 July 1961, sponsored by Mrs. John A. McCone, and commissioned on 29 May 1962.^[1]