&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Sea_Devil_(SSN-664)_1968.jpg) USS Sea Devil (SSN-664), in the Cooper River heading to her sea trials after overhaul in Charleston, SC in 1983
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Sea Devil |
| Namesake | The sea devil (Manta birostria), also known as the manta ray and devil ray |
| Ordered | 28 May 1964 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 12 April 1966 |
| Launched | 5 October 1967 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Ignatius J. Galantin |
| Commissioned | 30 January 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 16 October 1991 |
| Stricken | 16 October 1991 |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 March 1998, completed 7 September 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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| Length | 292 ft 3 in (89.08 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
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| Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 meters) |
| Complement | 108 |
| Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Sea Devil (SSN-664), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea devil (Manta birostria), also known as the manta ray or devil ray, the largest of all living rays, noted for power and endurance.