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Service Status
USN Retired
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Final Rank
Commander
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Last Designator
619X-Limited Duty Officer - Surface Communications
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Last Designator Group
Limited Duty Officer
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Primary Unit
1995-1996, 619X, Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Cutler ME
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Previously Held Designator's
23CQ-Submarine Combined Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Technician
719X-Warrant Officer - Communications Technician
712X-Warrant Officer - Operations Technician - Surface
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
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Service Years
1961 - 1996
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| Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Operation Desert Storm
Cold War
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
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From Month/Year
- / 1965
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To Month/Year
- / 1968 |
Unit
USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) Unit Page
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Rank
Petty Officer First Class |
NEC
23CQ-Submarine Combined Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Technician
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Base, Station or City
New London |
State/Country
Connecticut |
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Specifications
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Displacement
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4,250 tons standard
4,780 tons submerged
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Length
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292 feet
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Beam
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32 feet
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Draft
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28.8 feet
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Speed
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Official: 20-plus knots
Actual: 25 knots
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official: "greater than 400 feet"
Actual: 1300 feet [400 meters] test depth
Actual: 1900 feet [600 meters] collapse depth
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Power Plant
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Armament
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Radars
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BPS-14/15 surface search
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Sonars
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EW Systems
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WLQ-4(V)
WLR-4(V)
WLR-9
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Unit Cost
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$320 million [1990 prices]
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Type
Sub-Surface Vessel
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Parent Unit
Submarines
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Strength
Submarine
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Created/Owned By
Not Specified
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Last Updated: Nov 5, 2009 |
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