USS James Monroe
USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth President of the United States (1817-1825) |
| Ordered | 3 February 1961 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 31 July 1961 |
| Launched | 4 August 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Roswell L. Gilpatric |
| Commissioned | 7 December 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 25 September 1990 |
| Stricken | 25 September 1990 |
| Motto | "Watchful Waiting" |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 10 January 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lafayette-class submarine |
| Type | Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216) |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
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| Complement | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
| Sensors & processing systems | BQS-4 sonar |
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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.