USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657)
.jpg) The Francis Scott Key on the side of the Simon Lake tender |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | July 29, 1963 |
| Keel laying | 5th December 1964 |
| Launch | April 23, 1965 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | 3rd December 1966 |
| Decommissioning | 2nd September 1993 |
| Whereabouts | Canceled |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
8250 ts submerged |
| length |
129.5 m |
| width |
10.1 m |
| Draft |
9.6 m |
| crew |
13 officers and 107 men |
| drive |
A S5W reactor |
| speed |
30+ knots |
| Armament |
4 533 mm torpedo tubes , 16 ICBMs |
The USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the Lafayette-class and belonged to the subclass Benjamin Franklin on. The boat was a so-called Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear , a submarine specially designed for launching ICBMs . It was named after the poet of the American national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner , Francis Scott Key .
history
SSBN-657 was commissioned from Electric Boat in 1963 and laid down there in late 1964. After only about four and a half months, the boat was launched and was baptized; Godparents were two of Keys' offspring, Mrs. Marjory Key Thorne and Mrs. William T. Jarvis. On December 3, 1966, the Francis Scott Key was put into service with the United States Navy .
The Key was stationed in Charleston , South Carolina . After test drives and a test shot by a UGM-27C Polaris A3 , the boat's first deterrent patrol began in June 1967. The boat was then deployed from the forward bases in Rota , Spain and Holy Loch , Scotland. In 1972/73 the boat was converted in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to be able to shoot down the new UGM-73 Poseidon . 1978 was followed by the upgrade to the UGM-93A Trident I . The Francis Scott Key was the first boat to go on patrol with the new ICBM in 1979. 1983 was followed by an overhaul in Newport News Shipbuilding .
On September 2, 1993, the Key was decommissioned and moored in Puget Sound. In 1995 the submarine was canceled in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program .
Web links
- Homepage former crew members (Engl.)