USS James K. Polk
USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645), probably while on sea trials in the spring of 1966. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS James K. Polk |
| Namesake | James K. Polk (1795–1849), 11th President of the United States (1845–1849) |
| Awarded | 1 November 1962 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 23 November 1963 |
| Launched | 22 May 1965 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Horacio Rivero, Jr. |
| Commissioned | 16 April 1966 |
| Decommissioned | 8 July 1999 |
| Reclassified | From fleet ballistic missile submarine (SSBN-645) to attack submarine (SSN-645) March 1994 |
| Stricken | 8 July 1999 |
| Fate | Scrapped via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program 26 April 2000 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine 1966–1994; attack submarine 1994–1999 |
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| Length | 425 feet (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 feet (10 m) |
| Draft | 31 feet (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 14 officers and 129 enlisted men each |
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USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for James K. Polk (1795–1849), the eleventh President of the United States (1845–1849). She was later converted into an attack submarine and redesignated SSN-645.