USS Grayling (SSN-646)
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| period of service |
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| Ordered: | 5th September 1962 |
| Keel laying: | May 12, 1964 |
| Launch: | June 22, 1967 |
| Commissioning: | October 11, 1969 |
| Decommissioning: | July 18, 1997 |
| Status: | Canceled |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 4,780 tons submerged |
| Length: | 89 m |
| Width: | 9.7 m |
| Draft: | 8.9 m |
| Drive: | A S5W reactor |
| Crew: | 12 officers, 95 sailors |
The USS Grayling (SSN-646) was a nuclear submarine in the service of the United States Navy and belonged to the Sturgeon class .
history
construction
The Grayling was commissioned in 1962 and laid down in May 1964 in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard . After a construction period of over three years, the boat was launched. The commissioning took place in 1969.
collision
On March 20, 1993, the Grayling collided with a Russian submarine, the K-407 of the Delta IV class . Both submarines were badly damaged, but were able to return to their respective home ports under their own power.
The Grayling was repaired and in July 1996 took part in a NATO exercise in the eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean. On March 1, 1997, the ship was assigned to the reserve fleet , on July 18, it was finally decommissioned . By 1998 the Grayling was abandoned in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard .