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United States | |
Name | USS Richard B. Russell |
Namesake | Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
Awarded | 25 July 1969 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
Laid down | 19 October 1971 |
Launched | 12 January 1974 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge |
Commissioned | 16 August 1975 |
Decommissioned | 24 June 1994 |
Stricken | 24 June 1994 |
Identification | SSN-687 |
Motto | "They Saved The Best For Last" |
Nickname(s) | "Dickey B." |
Honors and awards | |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 2001, completed 3 January 2003 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
Installed power | 15,000 shp (11,000 kW) |
Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
Speed |
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Test depth | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
Complement | 126 (14 officers, 112 enlisted) |
Armament |
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USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richard B. Russell, Jr. (1897–1971), United States Senator from Georgia (1933–1971).[1]