uss puffer (ssn-652)

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rdered:	26 March 1963
aid down:	8 February 1965
aunched:	30 March 1968
ommissioned:	9 August 1969
ecommissioned:	12 July 1996
ate:	submarine recycling
tricken:	12 July 1996
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isplacement:	3978 tons light, 4272 tons full, 294 tons dead
ength:	89 meters (292 feet)
eam:	9.7 meters (32 feet)
raft:	8.8 meters (29 feet)
ropulsion:	S5W reactor
omplement:	14 officers, 95 men
rmament:
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USS Puffer (SSN-652), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the puffer, a fish which inflates its body with air. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down on 8 February 1965. She was launched on 30 March 1968 sponsored by Mrs. John B. Colwell, and commissioned on 9 August 1969, with Commander John M. Will, Jr., in command.

26 years of history go here.

Puffer was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 July 1996. Ex-Puffer entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 20 October 1995 and on 12 July 1996 ceased to exist. See USS Puffer for other ships of the same name.

References

Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register Puffer 652

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