USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) commencing a hard turn to starboard, possibly during her sea trials off the United States East Coast sometime before December 1966.
History
United States
Namesake
Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), author of the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Ordered
29 July 1963
Builder
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down
5 December 1964
Launched
23 April 1965
Sponsored by
Mrs. Marjory Key Thorne and Mrs. William T. Jarvis
Commissioned
3 December 1966
Decommissioned
2 September 1993
Stricken
2 September 1993
Fate
Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 September 1995
General characteristics
Class and type
Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine
Displacement
7,300 long tons (7,417 t) surfaced
8,250 long tons (8,382 t) submerged
Length
425 ft (130 m)
Beam
33 ft (10 m)
Draft
31 ft (9.4 m)
Installed power
15,000 shp (11,185 kW)
Propulsion
One S5W pressurized-water nuclear reactor, two geared steam turbines, one shaft
Speed
Over 20 knots
Test depth
1,300 feet (400 m)
Complement
Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold Crew) of 120 men each
Armament
16 × ballistic missile tubes
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (all forward)
USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry", which became the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". During World War II there was a liberty ship named SS Francis Scott Key.
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