USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630)

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 John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) was a nuclear -powered submarine of the James Madison class. The boat was a so-called Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear, a submarine designed specifically for the launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was named after John C. Calhoun.

1961, the contract to build the Newport News Shipbuilding Calhoun was given mid-1962 the submarine was placed on Kiel, after a year, the submarine was launched. In September 1964, the Calhoun has been submitted to the United States Navy in service.

After test drives the Calhoun 1965, their first patrol through deterrence. In the beginning was the boat the UGM - 27C Polaris A3, around 1980, the launch complex but was modified to more modern UGM - 93A Trident I C4 fire.

On 28 March 1994, Calhoun was decommissioned and stricken from the register of ships. Until 18 November 1994, the boat was scrapped as part of the Ship - Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.