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&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Tautog_SSN_639.jpg) USS Tautog (SSN-639) off the Hawaiian Islands
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Tautog |
| Namesake | The tautog, a type of wrasse. |
| Ordered | 30 November 1961 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 27 January 1964 |
| Launched | 15 April 1967 |
| Sponsored by | Pauline Lafon Gore |
| Commissioned | 17 August 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1997 |
| Stricken | 31 March 1997 |
| Identification | Hull number: SSN-639 |
| Motto | Silent Vigilance |
| Nickname(s) | "The Terrible T" |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 November 2004 |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Insignia_of_SSN-639_Tautog.PNG) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 89 m (292 ft) |
| Beam | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Draft | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Propulsion | S5W nuclear reactor |
| Speed | >20kt |
| Test depth | >400ft |
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USS Tautog (SSN-639), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog (Tautoga onitis), a wrasse commonly found along the Northern Atlantic coast. The submarine was in service from 17 August 1968 to 31 March 1997.