USS Nathan Hale
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USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) was the sixth Lafayette class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine produced. She was named for Captain Nathan Hale (1755–1776), a Connecticut schoolteacher who served in the Continental Army and known most famously for giving his life as a spy during the American Revolutionary War.
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USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), at the AUTEC test range in 1981, Andros Island, Bahamas. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Nathan Hale |
Namesake | Nathan Hale (1755–1776), a hero of the American Revolutionary War |
Ordered | 3 February 1961 |
Awarded | 3 February 1961 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 2 October 1961 |
Launched | 12 January 1963 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George Whelan Anderson, Jr. |
Commissioned | 23 November 1963 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1986 |
Stricken | 31 January 1986 |
Fate | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program 2 October 1991; recycling completed 5 April 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lafayette-class submarine |
Type | Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216)[1] |
Displacement | Surfaced: approx. 7,250 tons Submerged: approx. 8,250 tons |
Length | 425 feet (130 meters) |
Beam | 33 feet (10 meters) |
Draft | 31.5 feet (9.6 meters) |
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Speed | Surfaced: 16 – 20 knots Submerged: 22 – 25 knots |
Complement | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
Sensors and processing systems | BQS-4 sonar[1] |
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