USS Dace (SSN-607)
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| Ordered: | 3 March 1959 |
| Laid down: | 6 June 1960 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 4 April 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 December 1988 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 2 December 1988 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3070 tons surfaced, 3500 tons submerged |
| Length: | 278 feet 5 inches |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches |
| Draft: | |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Speed: | 15 knots surfaced, 28 knots submerged |
| Depth: | 700 feet |
| Complement: | nine officers and 76 enlisted men |
| Armament: | four 21-inch torpedo tubes |
USS Dace (SSN-607), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the dace, any of several small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 6 June 1960. She was launched on 18 August 1962 sponsored by Betty Ford, wife of President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr., and commissioned on 4 April 1964, with Commander John A. Walsh in command.
Dace was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 1988. Ex-Dace entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.
See USS Dace for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.