USS Grayback, one of the five submarines that operated Regulus missiles
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Class overview
Name
USS Tunny
USS Barbero
Grayback-class
USS Halibut
Operators
United States Navy
Succeeded by
41 for Freedom (strategic deterrent)
Ohio-class (cruise missile)
Built
6 March 1953 to 4 January 1960
Planned
16
Completed
5
Active
0
Lost
0
Retired
5
Preserved
1
General characteristics
Length
311–350 ft (95–107 m) (depending on class)
Beam
27–29 feet (8.2–8.8 m)
Draft
17–28 feet (5.2–8.5 m)
Complement
5-9 officers, 54-88 enlisted
Armament
6-10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
2-5 SSM-N-8 Regulus or
2-4 SSM-N-9 Regulus II (Grayback / Halibut classes)
The Regulus missile submarines were a group of submarines operated by the United States Navy (US Navy) capable of carrying the Regulus cruise missile. Between 1959 and 1964, a total of five boats were used to undertake the first submarine-based nuclear deterrent patrols by the United States. Regulus submarines were used for this task until 1964, when sufficient ballistic missile submarines carrying the Polaris ballistic missile became available.
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