USS Casimir Pulaski
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) on 10 January 1983 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War |
| Ordered | 20 July 1961 |
| Builder | Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 12 January 1963 |
| Launched | 1 February 1964 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John A. Gronouski Jr. |
| Commissioned | 14 August 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 7 March 1994 |
| Stricken | 7 March 1994 |
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| Fate | Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 21 October 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | James Madison class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | S5W reactor |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) submerged, 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced |
| Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 m) |
| Complement | Two crews (Blue and Gold) of 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
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USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.