USS Finback (SSN-670)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Finback (SSN-670) |
| Namesake | The finback, a whale |
| Ordered | 9 March 1965 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 26 June 1967 |
| Launched | 7 December 1968 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Charles F. Bird |
| Commissioned | 4 February 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 28 March 1997 |
| Stricken | 28 March 1997 |
| Motto | All Good Men |
| Honors & awards | Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1986 |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 October 1997 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Installed power | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
| Speed |
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| Test depth | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement | 109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men) |
| Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Finback (SSN-670), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the finback, the common whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States.