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Revision as of 10:55, 17 March 2013
.jpg) USS Jack (SSN-605), probably during sea trials off New England in 1967.
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| History | |
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 United States of America | |
| Name | USS Jack |
| Namesake | The jack, a name of various types of fish |
| Ordered | 13 March 1959 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 16 September 1960 |
| Launched | 24 April 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Grace Groves |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 11 July 1990 |
| Stricken | 11 July 1990 |
| Motto | We try harder! |
| Fate | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 June 1992 |
| Status | Recycled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Permit-class submarine |
| Displacement | 3,968 tons surfaced |
| Length | 297 ft 4 in (90.63 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 7 in (9.63 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 4 in (7.72 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W reactor |
| Speed | More than 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 95 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Jack (SSN-605), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Jack, a name of fish applied to any young pike, large California rockfish, or green pike or pickerel.
The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine on 13 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 16 September 1960. She was launched on 24 April 1963 and was sponsored by Mrs. Grace Groves, the wife of Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves, (head of the Manhattan Project) and commissioned on 31 March 1967, with Commander Louis T. Urbanczyk, Jr., in command.
Jack was a variation on the standard Permit class design. She was 20 feet (6.1 m) longer than her sisters and used an experimental direct-drive plant with two contra-rotating propellers on a single shaft.
- History from 1967 to 1990 needed.
Accidents
On 27 April 1981 the Jack was involved in an incident in Alexandria, Egypt. She was moored alongside the USS Trenton (LPD 14) during heavy swells when the Jack collided with the Trenton, doing slight damage to both ships.
Fate
Jack was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 July 1990. Ex-Jack entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington. Recycling was completed on 30 June 1992.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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