USS Aspro (SSN-648)
USS Aspro (SSN-648)
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| Name: | USS Aspro |
| Namesake: | The aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhone River |
| Ordered: | 26 March 1963 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 23 November 1964 |
| Launched: | 29 November 1967 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Robert H. B. Baldwin |
| Commissioned: | 20 February 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1995 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1995 |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor |
| Motto: | Faith – Vigilance – Service |
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| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 1999, completed 3 November 2000 |
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| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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| Length: | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power: | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
| Speed: | 15 knots surfaced; 25 knots submerged |
| Test depth: | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement: | 108 |
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USS Aspro (SSN-648) was a Sturgeon-class submarine launched in 1969 and decommissioned in 1995. Scrapping was completed in 2000.
It was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the aspro, a fish of the Zingel genus found abundantly in the upper Rhone River.
The contract to build Aspro was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down there on 23 November 1964. She was launched on 29 November 1967, sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. B. Baldwin, and commissioned on 20 February 1969 with Commander Roy Wight in command.
Aspro departed Pascagoula on 26 February 1969 for Key West, Florida, where she loaded torpedoes. She then headed to her home port, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, transiting the Panama Canal on 8 March 1969, and arriving at Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands on 24 March 1969. She joined the United States Pacific Fleet as a member of Submarine Squadron 1 in Submarine Division 12. Following three weeks of upkeep at Pearl Harbor, she proceeded to Bangor, Washington, where she unloaded her torpedoes before entering the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1969 for alignment of her fire-control system. Leaving drydock on 4 May 1969, she held tests along the United States West Coast for one month before returning to Pearl Harbor on 8 June 1969.
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