USS Pogy (SSN-647)
USS Pogy (SSN-647) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Pogy (SSN-647) |
| Namesake | The pogy |
| Awarded | 23 March 1963 |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 5 May 1964 |
| Launched | 3 June 1967 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. George Wales |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 11 June 1999 |
| Stricken | 11 June 1999 |
| Homeport | Final Homeport San Diego, CA |
| Motto | No Ka ʻOi "The best" |
| Honors & awards | Various Unit Commendations, Expeditionary and Battle Efficiency Awards |
| Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 12 April 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sturgeon-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 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 ft (396 m) |
| Complement | 14 officers, 95 men |
| Armament | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Mark 48 torpedoes UGM-84A/C Harpoon missiles Mark 60 CAPTOR mines Mark 61 mines Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines Various small arms and grenade launchers |
USS Pogy (SSN-647), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden.