SSN-652 USS Puffer

Namesake. The pufferfish
Ordered. 26 Mar 1963
Builder. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down. 8 Feb 1965
Launched. 30 Mar 1968
Commissioned. 9 Aug 1969
Decommissioned. 12 Jul 1996
Stricken . 12 Jul 1996
Motto. Pride in Perfection
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 28 Mar 1997
Class and type. Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:
3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light
4,272 long tons (4,341 t) full
294 long tons (299 t) dead
Length. 292 ft (89 m)
Beam. 32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft. 29 ft (8.8 m)
Installed power. 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
Propulsion. One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw
Speed. Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Test depth. 1,300 feet (400 meters)
Complement. 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men
Armament:
4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Mark 48 torpedoes
Tomahawk cruise missiles
UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles
Mark 60 CAPTOR mines
Mark 61 mines
Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines