Specifications:

 

  • USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695) PatchAwarded: 24 JAN 72
  • Keel Laid: 25 APR 75
  • Launched: 29 OCT 77
  • Commissioned: 16 DEC 78
  • Decommissioned: 22 DEC 97
  • Stricken: 22 DEC 97
  • Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Propulsion system: one S6G nuclear reactor
  • Screw: one
  • Length: 362 ft (110.3 meters)
  • Beam: 33 ft (10 meters)
  • Draft: 32 ft (9.7 meters)
  • Displacement, surfaced: approx. 5789 tons
  • Displacement, submerged: approx. 6159 tons 
  • Speed: Surfaced: in excess of 15 knots
  • Speed: Submerged: in excess of 32 knots
  • Armament: four x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Crew: (2 crews) 12 Officers, 98 Enlisted

 

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