&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_STURGEON_(SSN-637)_underway_off_Long_Island,_N.Y.jpeg) USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)
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| History | |
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| Name | Sturgeon |
| Namesake | The sturgeon |
| Ordered | 30 November 1961 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 10 August 1963 |
| Launched | 26 February 1966 |
| Commissioned | 3 March 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 1 August 1994 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1994 |
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| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program, 11 December 1995 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 292 ft 3 in (89.08 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power | 15,000 shp (11,185.5 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Test depth | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
| Complement | 14 officers, 95 men |
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USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. She was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.