SSN-679 USS Silversides Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center 1984

Namesake. The silverside, an order of ray-finned
Ordered. 25 Jun 1968
Builder Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down. 13 Oct 1969
Launched. 4 Jun 1971
Commissioned. 5 May 1972
Decommissioned. 21 Jul 1994
Stricken. 21 Jul 1994
Motto. Veni Vidi Vici ("I Came, I Saw, I Conquered")
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 Oct 2000, completed 1 Oct 2001
Class and type. Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:
3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light
4,270 long tons (4,339 t) full
292 long tons (297 t) dead
Length. 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m)
Beam. 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft. 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power. 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
Propulsion. One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw
Speed:
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth. 1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement. 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament. 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes