USS Seawolf (SSN-21) | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | January 9 1989 |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | June 24 1995 |
| Commissioned: | July 19 1997 |
| Homeport: | Groton, Connecticut |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7568 tons light, 9137 tons full, 1569 tons dead |
| Length: | 353 feet |
| Beam: | 40 feet |
| Draft: | 36 feet |
| Speed: | 35 knots submerged, 20 knots silent |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 101 men |
| Armament: | eight 30-inch torpedo tubes, 50 torpedoes and missiles, or 100 mines |
USS Seawolf (SSN-21), the lead ship of her class, is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and Newport News Shipbuilding.
See USS Seawolf for other submarines of this name.