USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632)

Immersed 8250 ts

129.5 m

10.1 m

9.6 m

13 officers and 107 men

A S5W reactor

30 nodes

4533 -mm torpedo tubes, 16 ICBMs

The USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632) was a nuclear -powered missile submarines ( SSBN ) of the Lafayette- class of the United States Navy.

History

Von Steuben was founded in 1961 at Newport News Shipbuilding and commissioned in 1962 there Keel-laying. It was named Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben after the Prussian officer and U.S. general who reorganized the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War following the German model. The launch took place just over a year ago, in September 1964 the boat was eventually found in the United States Navy in service.

Following came the first test and training rides, on December 22, scored the Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Submarine his first off. As of March 1965, the Von Steuben its patrols to deter recorded. It was founded in 1968 from Charleston, South Carolina moved to Rota in Spain. In the same year he also designed to repairs at Electric Boat. 1970 finally its missile system was converted to the UGM -73 Poseidon, this happened again at EB. From then on, the boat was operating again from Charleston.

On February 24, 1994, which provided Steuben decommissioned between 2000 and 2001 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard canceled in the Ship- Submarine Recycling Program.