USS Narwhal (SSN-671)
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| Specifications Table | |
| Career | |
| Ordered | 28 July 1964 |
| Laid down | 17 January 1966 |
| Launched | 9 September 1967 |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1969 |
| Fate | donated as a museum and memorial |
| Stricken | 1 July 1999 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement | 4948 tons light, 5293 tons full, 345 tons dead |
| Length | 92.3 meters (303 feet) |
| Beam | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Powerplant | S5G reactor |
| Complement | 12 officers, 95 men |
| Armament | four 21-inch torpedo tubes |
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USS Narwhal (SSN-671), a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale that averages 20 feet in length, each of the males of which have single, long, twisted tusk. Her keel was laid down on 17 January 1966 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 9 September 1967 sponsored by Mrs. Glynn R. Donaho, and commissioned on 12 July 1969 with Commander W. A. Matson in command.
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SOURCES/REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Narwhal_%28SSN-671%29
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