USS Puffer (SSN-652)
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Career |
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| Ordered: | 26 March 1963 |
| Laid down: | 8 February 1965 |
| Launched: | 30 March 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 July 1996 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 12 July 1996 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3978 tons light, 4272 tons full, 294 tons dead |
| Length: | 89 meters (292 feet) |
| Beam: | 9.7 meters (32 feet) |
| Draft: | 8.8 meters (29 feet) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
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USS Puffer (SSN-652), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer, a fish which inflates its body with air. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down on 8 February 1965. She was launched on 30 March 1968 sponsored by Mrs. John B. Colwell, and commissioned on 9 August 1969, with Commander John M. Will, Jr., in command.
- 26 years of history go here.
Puffer was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 July 1996. Ex-Puffer entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 20 October 1995 and on 12 July 1996 ceased to exist.
See USS Puffer for other ships of the same name.
References
Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register