USS Dace (SSN-607)

History
United States
Name	USS Dace
Namesake	The dace, any of various freshwater fishes
Awarded	3 March 1959
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	6 June 1960
Launched	18 August 1962
Sponsored by	Betty Ford
Commissioned	4 April 1964
Decommissioned	2 December 1988
Stricken	2 December 1988
Fate	Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 January 1997
General characteristics
Class & type	Permit-class submarine
Displacement	3,070 tons surfaced,; 3,500 tons submerged;
Length	278 ft 5 in (84.86 m)
Beam	31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft	25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
Propulsion	S5W reactor
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced; greater than 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged;
Test depth	Deeper than 400 feet (120 m)
Complement	105 officers and men
Sensors &; processing systems	BQQ5
Armament	4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes SUBROC
Notes	YUK 27 FC

USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald Ford, and commissioned on 4 April 1964.

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Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington and on 1 January 1997 ceased to exist.

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