About the USS TULLIBEE (SSN 597)

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Specifications:

Keel Laid: 26 MAY 58
Launched: 27 APR 60
Commissioned: 09 NOV 60
Decommissioned: 25 JUN 88
Stricken: 25 JUN 82
Builder: Electric Boat, General Dynamics Corporation
Propulsion system: one S2C nuclear reactor
Screw: one
Length: 273 ft (83 meters)
Beam: 23 ft 7 in (7.19 meters)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 meters)
Displacement, surfaced: approx. 2316 tons
Displacement, submerged: approx. 2607 tons
Speed: Surfaced: 13 knots
Speed: Submerged: 15 knots
Armament: four x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Crew: 6 Officers, 60 Enlisted

Sources: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, www.navysite.de

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