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Specifications:

 

  • USS ARCHERFISH (SSN 678) PatchKeel Laid: 19 JUN 69
  • Launched: 16 JAN 71
  • Commissioned: 17 DEC 71
  • Decommissioned: 31 MAR 98
  • Stricken: 31 MAR 98
  • Builder: Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics, Groton, CT
  • Propulsion system: one S5W nuclear reactor
  • Screw: one
  • Length: 302 ft 3 in (92.13 meters)
  • Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.65 meters)
  • Draft: 28 ft 8 in (8.74 meters)
  • Displacement, surfaced: approx. 3978 tons
  • Displacement, submerged: approx. 4270 tons 
  • Speed: Surfaced: in excess of 20 knots
  • Speed: Submerged: in excess of 30 knots
  • Armament: four x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Crew: 14 Officers, 98 Enlisted

 

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