USS Silversides (SSN-679)
USS Silversides (SSN-679), possibly during her sea trials off New England in 1972. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Silversides |
| Namesake | The silverside |
| Ordered | 25 June 1968 |
| Builder | Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 13 October 1969 |
| Launched | 4 June 1971 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John H. Chafee |
| Commissioned | 5 May 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 21 July 1994 |
| Stricken | 21 July 1994 |
| Motto | Veni Vidi Vici ("I Came, I Saw, I Conquered") |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 2000, completed 1 October 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
| Speed |
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| Test depth | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men) |
| Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Silversides (SSN-679), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silverside, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body.