USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630)
The John C. Calhoun 1991 near the coast |
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Overview | |
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Order | July 20, 1961 |
Keel laying | 4th June 1962 |
Launch | June 22, 1963 |
1. Period of service | |
Commissioning | September 15, 1964 |
Decommissioning | March 28, 1994 |
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 John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the James Madison class . The boat was a so-called Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear , a submarine specially designed for launching ICBMs . It was named after John C. Calhoun .
In 1961, Newport News Shipbuilding was given the contract to build the Calhoun , the submarine was laid down in mid-1962, and after a year the submarine was launched. In September 1964 the Calhoun entered service with the United States Navy .
After test drives, the Calhoun carried out its first patrol in 1965 as a deterrent . At the beginning the boat carried the UGM-27C Polaris A3 , but around 1980 the launch complex was modified to be able to fire the more modern UGM-93A Trident I C4 .
On March 28, 1994, the Calhoun was decommissioned and deleted from the ship register. Until November 18, 1994, the boat was scrapped as part of the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard .
Web links
- History of the USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)