USS Daniel Boone information

USS *Daniel Boone* (SSBN-629)
	USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 1 February 1991
History
United States
Namesake	Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the American explorer and frontiersman.
Ordered	21 July 1961
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	6 February 1962
Launched	22 June 1963
Sponsored by	Mrs. James H. Wakelin, Jr.
Commissioned	23 April 1964
Decommissioned	18 February 1994
Stricken	18 February 1994
Motto	New Trails to Blaze
Fate	Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 4 November 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Lafayette-class submarine (hull design SCB-216 Mod 3)[clarification needed]
Displacement	7,320 long tons (7,440 t) (submerged); 8,240 long tons (8,370 t) (submerged);
Length	425 feet (130 m)
Beam	33 feet (10 m)
Draught	32 ft (9.8 m)
Installed power	S5W reactor
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 15,000 shp (11,000 kW); 1 × shaft driving one 7-bladed screw;
Speed	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Test depth	Over 400 ft (120 m)
Complement	Two crews (Blue and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted each
Armament	4 × 21 inches (530 mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes bow; Mark 48 torpedoes; 16 × vertical launch missile tubes amidships, various small arms;

USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the pioneer and frontiersman.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Adcock, Al (1993). U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines. Carrolltown, Texas: Squadron Signal. p. 30.
^ Adcock, Al (1993). U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines. Carrolltown, Texas: Squadron Signal. pp. 30, (4 also credits mythical interwar Albacore and Trout classes, however).

[Adcock30-1] Adcock, Al (1993). U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines. Carrolltown, Texas: Squadron Signal. p. 30.

[Adcock304-2] Adcock, Al (1993). U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines. Carrolltown, Texas: Squadron Signal. pp. 30, (4 also credits mythical interwar Albacore and Trout classes, however).

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History
USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 1 February 1991
United States
Namesake	Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the American explorer and frontiersman.
Ordered	21 July 1961
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	6 February 1962
Launched	22 June 1963
Sponsored by	Mrs. James H. Wakelin, Jr.
Commissioned	23 April 1964
Decommissioned	18 February 1994
Stricken	18 February 1994
Motto	New Trails to Blaze
Fate	Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 4 November 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Lafayette-class submarine (hull design SCB-216 Mod 3)^[2]^{[clarification needed]}
Displacement	7,320 long tons (7,440 t) (submerged)^[1] 8,240 long tons (8,370 t) (submerged)^[1]
Length	425 feet (130 m)
Beam	33 feet (10 m)
Draught	32 ft (9.8 m)^[1]
Installed power	S5W reactor
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 15,000 shp (11,000 kW) 1 × shaft driving one 7-bladed screw
Speed	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Test depth	Over 400 ft (120 m)
Complement	Two crews (Blue and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted each^[1]
Armament	4 × 21 inches (530 mm) Mark 65^[1] torpedo tubes bow; Mark 48 torpedoes 16 × vertical launch missile tubes amidships, various small arms