USS Tullibee (SSN-597)
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USS Tullibee (This photo was probably taken shortly after her commissioning in 1960. The distinctive shark-fin domes are for the PUFFS sonar system).
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| Name: | USS Tullibee |
| Awarded: | 15 November 1957 |
| Laid down: | 26 May 1958 |
| Launched: | 27 April 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 9 November 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 June 1988 |
| Struck: | 25 June 1988 |
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| Fate: | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 5 January 1995 |
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| Type: | Nuclear submarine |
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| Length: | 273 ft (83 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 7 in (7.19 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | S2C reactor |
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| Complement: | 6 officers and 60 enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Tullibee (SSN-597), a unique submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tullibee, any of several whitefishes of central and northern North America.
At 273 feet long and 2,640 tons displacement, USS Tullibee was the smallest nuclear-powered attack submarine in the US submarine fleet. The initial manning complement was 7 officers and 60 enlisted men. However before inactivation, the crew included 13 officers and over 100 enlisted men.
During her career, Tullibee achieved much and conducted many submarine firsts. During her commissioned service she submerged and surfaced 730 times and traveled approximately 325,000 nautical miles (602,000 km; 374,000 mi) equal to the distance from the earth to the moon and halfway back.
Tullibee was the result of Project Nobska, a study ordered in 1956 by Admiral Arleigh Burke, then Chief of Naval Operations, from the Committee on Undersea Warfare of the National Academy of Sciences. That report emphasized the need for deeper-diving, ultraquiet submarine designs using long-range sonar. Tullibee incorporated three design changes based on Project Nobska. First, it incorporated the first bow-mounted spherical sonar array. This required the second innovation: amidships, angled torpedo tubes. Thirdly, Tullibee was propelled by very quiet turbo-electric transmission powered by a S2C reactor.
The contract to build Tullibee was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation on 15 November 1957. Her keel was laid down in Groton, Connecticut, on 26 May 1958. She was launched on 27 April 1960, sponsored by Mrs. John F. Davidson, the widow of Commander Charles F. Brindupke, and commissioned on 9 November 1960, with Commander Richard E. Jortberg in command.
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