USS Cavalla (SSN-684)
Arizona Memorial in the background.
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Cavalla (SSN-684) |
| Namesake | The cavalla, a salt-water fish |
| Ordered | 24 July 1968 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 4 June 1970 |
| Launched | 19 February 1972 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Melvin Price |
| Commissioned | 9 February 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 30 March 1998 |
| Stricken | 30 March 1998 |
| Motto | Any Mission, Any Time |
| Honors and awards | Meritorious Unit Commendation[1] |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 17 November 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Installed power | 15,000 megawatts ) |
| Propulsion | One screw |
| Speed |
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| Test depth | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement | 110 (12 enlisted men ) |
| Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Cavalla (SSN-684), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish. Although it was a Sturgeon class design, Cavalla was a modified "long hull" boat, approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) longer than the earlier ships in its class.
Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Cavalla was awarded to the
Service history
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Cavalla operated as part of Submarine Squadron Ten from January 1974 to March 1975, then with Submarine Development Squadron 12 at Submarine Base New London (Groton, CT) until 1978.[citation needed]
In October 1978, Cavalla arrived as part of the Pacific Submarine force, and in November 1978 entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a refit lasting until March 1980, when she moved to her new home port at Submarine Base Pearl Harbor at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where she was assigned to Submarine Squadron 1. Her operations from Pearl Harbor covered the globe, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans.
During her 1981 Westpac cruise ( January–June ) under Commander Fredric W. Rohm USN, Cavalla visited HMAS Stirling in Rockingham, Western Australia, for R&R from 15 to 22 April 1981.
In 1983, Cavalla became the first submarine to successfully perform
During her
In 1995, Cavalla deployed to the Arctic Ocean for civilian scientific research.
In 1996, Cavalla participated in the very first joint American-
Decommissioning and disposal
Cavalla was
, was completed on 17 November 2000.References
External links
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive Cavalla (SSN-684)