Castle, William, CDR

Limited Duty Officer

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USN Retired

Current/Last Rank
Commander

Current/Last Primary NEC
619X-Limited Duty Officer - Surface Communications

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Limited Duty Officer

Primary Unit
1995-1996, 000X, NCTS Cutler ME

Previously Held NEC
23CQ-Submarine Combined Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Technician
719X-Warrant Officer - Surface Communications Technician
719X-Warrant Officer - Communications Technician
712X-Warrant Officer - Operations Technician - Surface
000X-Unknown Navy Officer Classification/ Designator

Service Years
1961 - 1996

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

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Excellence Award for the best Communication Departments

Countries Deployed To or Visited

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1965-1968, 23CQ, USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)

From Month/Year - / 1965	To Month/Year - / 1968
Unit USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class	NEC 23CQ-Submarine Combined Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Technician
Location New London	Country/State Connecticut

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USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) Details

Specifications
Displacement	4,250 tons standard 4,780 tons submerged
Length	292 feet
Beam	32 feet
Draft	28.8 feet
Speed	Official: 20-plus knots Actual: 25 knots
Operating Depth	official: "greater than 400 feet" Actual: 1300 feet [400 meters] test depth Actual: 1900 feet [600 meters] collapse depth
Power Plant	One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, 15,000 shp, one shaft
Armament	MK 48 Torpedoes, four torpedo tubes UUM-44A SUBROC UGM-84A/C Harpoon MK 57 deep water mines MK 60 CAPTOR mines
Radars	BPS-14/15 surface search
Sonars	BQQ-5 multi-function bow mounted BQR-7 passive in submarines with BQQ-2 BQR-26 in SSN 666 BQS-6 active in submarines with BQQ-2 BQS-12 active on SSN 637-664 BQS-13 active on SSN 665-687 TB-16 or TB-23 towed array
EW Systems	WLQ-4(V) WLR-4(V) WLR-9
Unit Cost	$320 million [1990 prices]

Type
Sub-Surface Vessels

Existing/Disbanded
Decommissioned

Parent Unit
Submarines

Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 5, 2009

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)

Arnold, George H., PO1, (1959-1968)	STS	1591	Petty Officer First Class
Vertz, Wallace, PO1, (1961-1970)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Scott, Lawrence, PO2, (1959-1971)	SH	SH-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Volling, George, PO1, (1962-1970)	ETN	ETN-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Hartman, James, PO1, (1957-1973)			Petty Officer First Class
Jans, James, LT, (1960-1981)			Petty Officer First Class
ONeill, Joseph, SCPO, (1965-1985)			Seaman
Bundy, William, CDR, (1964-1994)			Petty Officer First Class