USS Plunger (SSN-595)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Plunger |
| Ordered | 23 March 1959 |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down | 2 March 1960 |
| Launched | 9 December 1961 |
| Commissioned | 21 November 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 2 February 1990 |
| Stricken | 2 February 1990 |
| Fate | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 5 January 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Thresher/Permit-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 278 ft 5 in (84.86 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 S5W PWR |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Complement | 100 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Plunger (SSN-595), a Permit-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named "plunger", meaning a diver or a daring gambler.
The contract to build her as a guided-missile submarine (SSGN) was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 March 1959, but by the time her keel was laid down on 2 March 1960 she had been redesigned as an attack submarine (SSN). She was launched on 9 December 1961 (sponsored by Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson), and commissioned on 21 November 1962.