USS Tecumseh
USS Tecumseh (SSBN 628) was a
US Navy Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to
Electric Boat in
Groton, Connecticut on
20 July 1961. She was laid down on
1 June 1962, launched
22 June 1963, commissioned
29 May,
1964, decommissioned and stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register on
23 July 1993, and
disposed of by
submarine recycling on
1 April 1994.
She was nicknamed the "Teacup."