USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632)
USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632) on 15 May 1985.
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| 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 |
| Struck: | 26 February 1994 |
| Fate: | Scrapping via Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program begun 1 October 2000, completed 30 October 2001 |
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| Class and type: | James Madison-class submarine |
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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.
The contract to build Von Steuben was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 20 July 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 4 September 1962. She was launched on 18 October 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Fred Korth, and commissioned on 30 September 1964, with Commander John P. Wise in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Jeffrey C. Metzel in command of the Gold Crew.
During the autumn of 1964, the Von Steuben completed two shakedown cruises — one for each crew — and a period of antisubmarine warfare training between the two cruises. On 22 December 1964, her Gold Crew fired her first Polaris ballistic missile on the Atlantic Missile Range before returning to Newport News for Christmas. She changed crews again at the beginning of 1965, and returned to the missile range off Cape Kennedy, Florida, where the Blue Crew fired its first Polaris missile. In February 1965, after completing all initial training operations, she returned to Newport News.
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