USS Seawolf conducting sea trials in 1996.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Seawolf |
Awarded | 9 January 1989 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 25 October 1989 |
Launched | 24 June 1995 |
Commissioned | 19 July 1997 |
Homeport | Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor[1] |
Motto | Cave Lupum (English: "Beware the Wolf") |
Status | in active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seawolf-class submarine |
Length | 353 ft (108 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 36 ft (11 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 25+ knots submerged, 18+ knots surfaced |
Test depth | Greater than 800 ft (240 m) |
Complement | 15 officers and 101 enlisted |
Armament | 8 × 26.5-inch torpedo tubes, sleeved for 21-inch weapons[5] (up to 50 Tomahawk land attack missile/Harpoon anti-ship missile/Mk 48 guided torpedo carried in torpedo room)[6] |
USS Seawolf (SSN-21), is a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and the lead ship of her class. She is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth that give it a savage look.