USS Seahorse (SSN-669)
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USS Seahorse (SSN-669) on her way to the Mediterranean Sea to serve as part of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier battle group.
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| Name: | USS Seahorse |
| Namesake: | The seahorse |
| Ordered: | 9 March 1965 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 13 August 1966 |
| Launched: | 15 June 1968 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Paul Ignatius |
| Commissioned: | 19 September 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 August 1995 |
| Struck: | 17 August 1995 |
| Motto: | Thoroughbred of the Fleet |
| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 March 1995, completed 30 September 1996 |
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| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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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 |
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| Test depth: | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement: | 108 (13 officers, 95 enlisted men) |
| Armament: | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Seahorse (SSN-669), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seahorse.
The contract to build Seahorse was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down there on 13 August 1966. She was launched on 15 June 1968, sponsored by Mrs. Paul Ignatius, and commissioned on 19 September 1969 with Commander George T. Harper, Jr., in command.
Following a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea and visits to Roosevelt Roads and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Frederiksted on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, Seahorse returned to her home port, Charleston, South Carolina. Through November 1970, she operated in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean, engaging in local operations and conducting attack submarine training.
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