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USS Tautog (SSN-639) off the Hawaiian Islands
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United States | |
Name | USS Tautog |
Namesake | The tautog, a type of wrasse. |
Ordered | 30 November 1961 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 27 January 1964 |
Launched | 15 April 1967 |
Sponsored by | Pauline Lafon Gore |
Commissioned | 17 August 1968 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1997 |
Stricken | 31 March 1997 |
Identification | Hull number: SSN-639 |
Motto | Silent Vigilance |
Nickname(s) | "The Terrible T" |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 November 2004 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 89 m (292 ft) |
Beam | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
Draft | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
Propulsion | S5W nuclear reactor |
Speed | >20kt |
Test depth | >400ft |
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USS Tautog (SSN-639), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog (Tautoga onitis), a wrasse commonly found along the Northern Atlantic coast. The submarine was in service from 17 August 1968 to 31 March 1997.