USS Cavalla (SSN-684)
USS Cavalla (SSN-684) entering the harbor at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 1 January 1997 with Ford Island and the Arizona Memorial in the background. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Cavalla (SSN-684) |
| Namesake | The cavalla, a salt-water fish |
| Ordered | 24 July 1968 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 4 June 1970 |
| Launched | 19 February 1972 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Melvin Price |
| Commissioned | 9 February 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 30 March 1998 |
| Stricken | 30 March 1998 |
| Motto | Any Mission, Any Time |
| Honors & awards | Meritorious Unit Commendation |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 17 November 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sturgeon-class attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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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 |
| Speed |
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| Test depth | 1,300 feet (396 meters) |
| Complement | 110 (12 officers, 98 enlisted men) |
| Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Cavalla (SSN-684), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish. Although it was a Sturgeon class design, Cavalla was a modified "long hull" boat, approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) longer than the earlier ships in its class.