AS-31 USS Hunley

Name. USS Hunley (AS-31)
Namesake. Horace Lawson Hunley
Awarded. 16 Nov 1959
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Laid down. 28 Nov 1960
Launched. 28 Sep 1961
Commissioned. 16 Jun 1962
Decommissioned. 30 Sep 1994
Stricken . 3 May 1995
Motto. We Serve to Preserve Peace
Fate. Sold for scrap 5 January 2007
Class and type. Hunley-class submarine tender
Displacement. 19,000 tons
Length. 599 ft (183 m)
Beam. 83 ft (25 m)
Draft. 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
Propulsion. Diesel–electric
Speed. 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement. 1,190
Armament. 2 x 5"