SSN-668 USS Spadefish

Namesake. The spadefish
Ordered. 9 Mar 1965
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down. 21 Dec 1966
Launched. 15 May 1968
Commissioned. 14 Aug 1969
Decommissioned. 11 Apr 1997
Stricken. 11 Apr 1997
Homeport. Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA
Motto. UBI ACTIO EST (Where The Action Is)
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 Oct 1996, completed 24 Oct 1997
Class and type. Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:
3,995 long tons (4,059 t) light
4,291 long tons (4,360 t) full
296 long tons (301 t) dead
Length. 292 ft 3 in (89.08 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 screwctor
Speed:
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
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
UUM-44A SUBROC missiles
UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles
Tomahawk cruise missiles
Tube-launched mobile mines