History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Dace |
Namesake | The dace, any of various freshwater fishes |
Awarded | 3 March 1959 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 6 June 1960 |
Launched | 18 August 1962 |
Sponsored by | Betty Ford |
Commissioned | 4 April 1964 |
Decommissioned | 2 December 1988 |
Stricken | 2 December 1988 |
Fate | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 January 1997 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Permit-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 278 ft 5 in (84.86 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
Propulsion | S5W reactor |
Speed |
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Test depth | Deeper than 400 feet (120 m) |
Complement | 105 officers and men |
Sensors and processing systems | BQQ5 |
Armament | 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes SUBROC |
Notes | YUK 27 FC |
USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald Ford, and commissioned on 4 April 1964.
Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington and on 1 January 1997 ceased to exist.