USS Pollack (SSN-603)
USS Pollack (SSN-603) receives assistance from U.S. Navy tug USS Skenandoa (YTB-835) (center rear) while arriving off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, in January 1988 for inactivation. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Pollack |
| Namesake | The Pollack |
| Awarded | 3 March 1959 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 14 March 1960 |
| Launched | 17 March 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. John Pastore |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 1 March 1989 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1989 |
| Fate | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 9 February 1993 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Thresher/Permit-class submarine |
| Displacement | 3,750 long tons (3,810 t) |
| Length | 278 ft 5 in (84.86 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 7 in (9.63 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W PWR |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Complement | 107 officers and men |
| Armament |
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USS Pollack (SSN-603), a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
The contract to build Pollack was awarded to New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 14 March 1960. She was launched on 17 March 1962, sponsored by Mrs. John Pastore, and commissioned on 26 May 1964.