USS Parche (SSN-683)
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| Ordered: | June 25, 1968 |
| Keel laying: | December 10, 1970 |
| Launch: | January 13, 1973 |
| Commissioning: | 17th August 1974 |
| Decommissioning: | October 19, 2004 |
| Status: | Canceled |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons submerged |
| Length: | 122.4 m |
| Width: | 9.7 m |
| Draft: | 8.9 m |
| Drive: | A S5W reactor |
| Crew: | 12 officers, 95 sailors |
The USS Parche (SSN-683) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and was among Sturgeon-class submarine to. In the late 1970s and a second time ten years later, the boat was significantly modified and equipped for special operations.
history
The parche was commissioned in 1968 and laid down at Ingalls Shipbuilding in late 1970 . Launched in 1973, commissioned in 1974. The boat served in the Atlantic fleet until 1976, then in the Pacific fleet.
In 1978 the parche was rebuilt for special operations. 1987-1991 she was again significantly modified in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard . A 100 foot (30 meter) long section was added directly in front of the tower . This section of the hull, called the bat cave, contained, among other things, a hatch through the bottom of the submarine through which probes could be deployed. The Parche was the third submarine converted in this way for “special tasks”. The first two were the USS Halibut (SSGN-587) and the USS Seawolf (SSN-575) . In the 80s and 90s, the USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) also carried out "special tasks".
Remodeled was the Parche on the advice of the US Navy Intelligence to as part of the Cold War, an undersea cable in the Barents Sea to tap into and bring the information to the United States.
In 2004, the parche was decommissioned and demolished in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard . Since then, the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) of the Seawolf class has been used for special operations .
Awards
During its 30 years of service, the parche was awarded a total of nine Presidential Unit Citations , making it the most highly decorated unit in the Navy to this day.
literature
- Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew: Hunt under water. The real story of submarine espionage. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2000. ISBN 3-570-00425-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ASSOCIATED PRESS: New Nuclear Sub Is Said to Have Special Eavesdropping Ability - NYT, February 20, 2005
- ↑ Navy News article reprint USS Parche Dedicates Sail to Museum ( Memento from March 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), PO2 Maebel Tinoko, August 29, 2007 (English)