USS L. Mendel Rivers
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USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine in commission from 1975 to 2001, is the only ship of the United States Navy thus far to have been named for L. Mendel Rivers (1905–1970), a U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District (1941–1970).
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USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) |
Namesake | L. Mendel Rivers (1905–1970), U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District (1941–1970) |
Ordered | 1 July 1969 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 26 June 1971 |
Launched | 2 June 1973 |
Sponsored by | Margaret Rivers Eastman and Marion Rivers |
Commissioned | 1 February 1975 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 2001 |
Stricken | 10 May 2001 |
Motto | Rivers Delivers |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 19 July 2002 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
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Length | 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
Installed power | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
Propulsion | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
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Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 meters) |
Complement | 126 (14 officers, 112 enlisted men) |
Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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