USS Halibut (SSGN-587)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Halibut.

USS Halibut (SSGN-587)
The USS Halibut
History
United States
NameUSS Halibut
NamesakeThe halibut
Laid down11 April 1957
Launched9 January 1959
Sponsored byVernice Holifield
Commissioned4 January 1960
Decommissioned30 June 1976
ReclassifiedFrom SSGN-587 to SSN-587, 15 April 1965
Stricken30 April 1986
FateDisposed of through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 9 September 1994
General characteristics
Type
Displacement3655 tons surfaced, 5000 tons submerged
Length350 ft (110 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft28 ft (8.5 m)
PropulsionS3W reactor, 7300 shp; two turbines, two shafts[1]
Speed15/20+kt (28/37 km/h) (surfaced/submerged)[1]
Rangeunlimited except by food supplies
Complement9 officers and 88 men
Armament

USS Halibut (SSGN-587), a unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine-turned-special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the halibut.

  1. ^ a b c Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978). "Halibut". The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Weapons and Warfare. Vol. II. London: Phoebus. p. 1205.