USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)
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USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)
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| Name: | USS Sturgeon |
| Namesake: | The sturgeon, a spiny-finned fish found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Cuba to Cape Cod |
| Ordered: | 30 November 1961 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down: | 10 August 1963 |
| Launched: | 26 February 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 3 March 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 August 1994 |
| Struck: | 1 August 1994 |
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| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 11 December 1995 |
| Status: | Recycled |
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| Class and type: | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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| Length: | 89 m (292 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S3G Core 3 reactor with a S5W Steam Plant |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament: | Four 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sturgeon.
The contract to build Sturgeon was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 30 November 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 10 August 1963. She was launched on 26 February 1966, sponsored by Mrs. Everett Dirkson, the wife of United States Senator Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) of Illinois, and commissioned on 3 March 1967, with Commander Curtis B. Shellman, Jr., in command.
Sturgeon spent a month conducting refresher training and then began her shakedown cruise on 3 April 1967 down the United States East Coast and to Puerto Rico. She returned to Groton for repairs, alterations, maintenance, and training until 18 September 1967, when she departed on extended operations. She returned to port on 2 October 1967 and was transferred to Submarine Development Group 2. On 22 January 1968, she began a five-week antisubmarine warfare exercise to evaluate the relative effectiveness of Sturgeon-class and Permit class attack submarines.
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