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Specifications:

 

  • USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 678) PatchOrdered: 25 JUL 69
  • Keel Laid: 19 OCT 71
  • Launched: 12 JAN 74
  • Commissioned: 16 AUG 75
  • Decommissioned: 24 JUN 94
  • Stricken: 24 JUN 94
  • Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
  • Propulsion system: one S5W nuclear reactor
  • Screw: one
  • Length: 302 ft (92 meters)
  • Beam: 32 ft (9.7 meters)
  • Draft: 29 ft (8.8 meters)
  • Displacement, surfaced: approx. 3978 tons
  • Displacement, submerged: approx. 4270 tons 
  • Speed: Surfaced: 15 knots
  • Speed: Submerged: in excess of 25 knots
  • Armament: 4 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, UUM-44A SUBROC missiles
  • Crew: 14 Officers, 112 Enlisted

 

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