USS Barb (SSN-596)
USS Barb (SSN-596) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Barb |
| Namesake | Barb (fish) |
| Ordered | March 1959 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 9 November 1959 |
| Launched | 22 February 1962 |
| Commissioned | 24 August 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 20 December 1989 |
| Stricken | 20 December 1989 |
| Motto |
|
| Honors & awards |
|
| Fate | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 14 March 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Thresher/Permit-class submarine |
| Displacement | 4,400 long tons (4,471 t) |
| Length | 278 ft (85 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W PWR |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 130 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
.jpg){kind=link}
USS Barb (SSN-596), a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her keel was laid down on 9 November 1959. She was launched on 12 February 1962 sponsored by Mrs. Marjorie Fluckey, wife of Rear Admiral Eugene Bennett Fluckey, who earned the Medal of Honor as Commanding Officer of USS Barb (SS-220). The new Barb was commissioned on 24 August 1963.