USS Dace (SSN-607)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Dace |
| Namesake | The dace, any of various freshwater fishes |
| Awarded | 3 March 1959 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 6 June 1960 |
| Launched | 18 August 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Betty Ford |
| Commissioned | 4 April 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 2 December 1988 |
| Stricken | 2 December 1988 |
| Fate | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 January 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Permit-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 278 ft 5 in (84.86 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W reactor |
| Speed |
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| Test depth | Deeper than 400 feet (120 m) |
| Complement | 105 officers and men |
| Sensors & processing systems | BQQ5 |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes SUBROC |
| Notes | YUK 27 FC |
USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of future President of the United States Gerald Ford, and commissioned on 4 April 1964.
- History from 1964 to 1988 needed.
Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington and on 1 January 1997 ceased to exist.
See also
- Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee, USN, who commanded USS Dace.
References
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Dace
- Photo gallery of USS Dace (SSN-607) at NavSource Naval History
- Navysite.de: USS Dace
Further reading
- Blind Man's Bluff (The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage), Sontag and Drew, 1998