USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687)
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| Ordered: | July 25, 1969 |
| Keel laying: | 19th October 1971 |
| Launch: | January 12, 1974 |
| Commissioning: | 16th August 1975 |
| Decommissioning: | June 24, 1994 |
| Status: | Canceled |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 4960 tons submerged |
| Length: | 92.1 m |
| Width: | 9.7 m |
| Draft: | 8.9 m |
| Drive: | A S5W reactor |
| Crew: | 12 officers, 95 sailors |
The USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and was among Sturgeon-class submarine to. It was named after the US Senator Richard B. Russell .
history
The Richard B. Russell was commissioned in late 1969 and laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding in October 1971 . After a construction period of over two years, the boat was launched in early 1974 and entered service with the Navy in 1975.
Shortly after commissioning, the Russell was installed in a housing directly behind the tower , in which an antenna with a buoy was housed, so that the boat could make contact with the military command even from great depths. This structure called Russell Bustle was integrated directly into the hull in later submarine classes.
A few years later, in 1982, the Russell was converted into a special-purpose boat in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard . As such, she remained in service until 1993, when she was assigned to the reserve fleet on July 1 . The official deletion from the Naval Vessel Register took place on June 24, 1994. From October 1, 2001, dismantling began as part of the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard .