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US Navy Official Photo
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Type: Submarine, Fast Attack Nuclear
Class: SSN 637
Builder: Newport News Drydock & Shipbuilding Co
UIC (Unit Id Code): 20642
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| Characteristics |
Length: 298 feet
Beam: 32 feet
Displacement: 4762 tons
# Officers: 14
# Enlisted: 112
Propulsion: Steam Turbine (Nuclear)
# Propellers: 1
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| Service |
Launched: 1/12/1974
Commissioned: 8/16/1975
Decommissioned: 6/24/1994
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NavSource.org
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Crew Lists
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# Crew listed: 133
# Commission Crew: 6
# Decommission Crew: 4
# with e-mail: 92
# Eternal Patrol: 15
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History
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Status: Disposed of
Fate: Richard B. Russell entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. and on 19 September 2002, ceased to exist.
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| Reunion / Association
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Contact: John Chaffey, E-mail: tautog@nemontel.net, Phone: (307) 645-3245
Reunion: 9/3/2003-Reno,NV.3-5 Sept.2003
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| Website |
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