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SSN-670 USS Finback
Namesake. The finback, a whale
Ordered. 9 Mar 1965
Builder.	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down. 26 Jun 1967
Launched. 7 Dec 1968
Commissioned. 4 Feb 1970
Decommissioned. 28 Mar 1997
Stricken. 28 Mar 1997
Motto. All Good Men
Honors and awards. Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1986
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 October 1997
Class and type. Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:	
4,001 long tons (4,065 t) light
4,292 long tons (4,361 t) full
291 long tons (296 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:	
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

SSN-670 USS Finback

Namesake. The finback, a whale
Ordered. 9 Mar 1965
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down. 26 Jun 1967
Launched. 7 Dec 1968
Commissioned. 4 Feb 1970
Decommissioned. 28 Mar 1997
Stricken. 28 Mar 1997
Motto. All Good Men
Honors and awards. Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1986
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 October 1997
Class and type. Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:
4,001 long tons (4,065 t) light
4,292 long tons (4,361 t) full
291 long tons (296 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:
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

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