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USS James Monroe (SSBN-622)
USS James Monroe (SSBN-622)
History
USS James MonroeUnited States
NamesakeJames Monroe (1758-1831), fifth President of the United States (1817-1825)
Ordered3 February 1961
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Laid down31 July 1961
Launched4 August 1962
Sponsored byMrs. Roswell L. Gilpatric
Commissioned7 December 1963
Decommissioned25 September 1990
Stricken25 September 1990
Motto"Watchful Waiting"
FateScrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 10 January 1995
General characteristics
Class and typeLafayette-class submarine
TypeBallistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216)[1]
Displacement
  • 7,250 long tons (7,370 t) surfaced
  • 8,250 long tons (8,380 t) submerged
Length425 ft (130 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S5W reactor
  • 2 × Westinghouse geared turbines 15,000 shp (11,000 kW)[1]
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
ComplementTwo crews (Blue Crew and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each
Sensors and
processing systems
BQS-4 sonar[1]
Armament
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes with Mark 113 firecontrol system,[1] for Mark 48 torpedoes
  • 16 × vertical tubes for Polaris or Poseidon ballistic missiles

USS James Monroe (SSBN-622), a Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Founding Father and U.S. president James Monroe. She served with the United States Navy from 1963 to 1990.

  1. ^ a b c d Adcock, Al (1993). U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines. Carrolltown, Texas: Squadron Signal. p. 22.

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