USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632)
USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632) on 15 May 1985. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), a Prussian army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War |
| Ordered | 20 July 1961 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 4 September 1962 |
| Launched | 18 October 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Fred Korth |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 26 February 1994 |
| Stricken | 26 February 1994 |
| Fate | Scrapping via Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 2000, completed 30 October 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | James Madison-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 425 feet (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | S5W reactor |
| Propulsion | 2 × geared steam turbines, 15,000 shp (11,185 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| 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 Von Steuben (SSBN-632), a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), a Prussian army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.