USS Andrew Jackson

USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)
History
United States
Name	USS Andrew Jackson
Namesake	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), seventh President of the United States (1829–1837)
Ordered	23 July 1960
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	26 April 1961
Launched	15 September 1962
Sponsored by	Mrs. Estes Kefauver
Commissioned	3 July 1963
Decommissioned	31 August 1989
Stricken	31 August 1989
Motto	One man with courage is a majority
Fate	Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 August 1999
General characteristics
Class and type	Lafayette-class submarine
Type	Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216)[1]
Displacement	7,250 long tons (7,370 t) surfaced 8,250 long tons (8,380 t) submerged
Length	425 ft (130 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Propulsion	1 × S5W reactor 2 × General Electric geared turbines=15,000 shp (11,000 kW)[1]
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
Complement	Two crews (Blue and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each
Sensors and processing systems	BQS-4 sonar[1]
Armament	4 × 21 in (530 mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes with Mark 113 firecontrol system,[1] for Mark 48 torpedoes 16 × vertical tubes for Polaris or Poseidon ballistic missiles

USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) was a Lafayette-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. It was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837).