SSN-592 USS Snook UNITAS XXI MARITIME EXERCISE

Namesake. Snook, is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes
Builder. Ingalls Shipbuilding, MS
Ordered. 18 Jan 1957
Laid down. 7 Apr 1958
Launched. 31 Oct 1960
Commissioned. 24 Oct 1961
Decommissioned. 14 Nov 1986
Stricken . 14 Nov 1986
Fate. Entered the Submarine Recycling Program on 1 Oct 1996
Class and type. Skipjack-class submarine
Displacement:
2,830 long tons (2,880 t) surfaced
3,500 long tons (3,600 t) submerged
Length. 251 ft 8 in (76.71 m)
Beam. 31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m)
Draft. 28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion:
1 × S5W reactor
2 × Westinghouse steam turbines, 15,000 shp (11 MW)
1 shaft
Speed. 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) surfaced; More than 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) submerged
Test depth. 700 ft (210 m)
Complement. 118
Sensors and processing systems:
BPS-12 radar
BQR-21 sonar
BQR-2 passive sonar
BQS-4 (modified) active/passive sonar
Armament:
6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (bow)
24 × Mark 37 torpedoes, Mark 14 torpedoes, Mark 16 torpedoes, Mark 45 ASTOR nuclear torpedoes, and/or Mark 48 torpedoes