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STURGEON (SSN 637)

SUBMARINE (NUCLEAR-POWERED)

UIC:05130
Class:SSN 637 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of by submarine recycling Homeport:
Date status changed:09/11/1995 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: GENERAL DYN/GROTON
Delivery Date:03/03/1967
Award Date:11/30/1961 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):28.5 years
Keel Date:08/10/1963 Commission Date:03/03/1967
Launch Date:02/26/1966 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)29.6 years Decommission Date:08/01/1994
Years from Commission to Decommission: 27.4
Stricken Date: 08/01/1994

Overall Length: Waterline Length:
Extreme Beam: Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft: Draft Limit:
Light Displacement: Full Displacement:
Dead Weight:
Hull Material:
Number of Propellers: 1
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: Enlisted:

Remarks: On 15 SEP 95 at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, WA, a ceremony commemorate
d the transfer of the STURGEON's 55-ton sail from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Th
e sail is now located in the museum parking lot.






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