USS Halibut (SSGN-587)
The USS Halibut | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Halibut |
| Namesake | The halibut |
| Laid down | 11 April 1957 |
| Launched | 9 January 1959 |
| Sponsored by | Vernice Holifield |
| Commissioned | 4 January 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1976 |
| Reclassified | From SSGN-587 to SSN-587, 15 April 1965 |
| Stricken | 30 April 1986 |
| Fate | Disposed of through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 9 September 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Displacement | 3655 tons surfaced, 5000 tons submerged |
| Length | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | S3W reactor, 7300 shp; two turbines, two shafts |
| Speed | 15/20+kt (28/37 km/h) (surfaced/submerged) |
| Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Complement | 9 officers and 88 men |
| Armament |
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USS Halibut (SSGN-587), a unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine-turned-special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the halibut.