USS Sargo (SSN-583)
USS Sargo surfaced at the North Pole on 9 February 1960 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sargo |
| Namesake | The Sargo, a food and game fish of the Porgy family |
| Ordered | 29 September 1955 |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 21 February 1956 |
| Launched | 10 October 1957 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Frank T. Watkins |
| Commissioned | 1 October 1958 |
| Decommissioned | 21 April 1988 |
| Stricken | 21 April 1988 |
| Motto | Two Screws Are Better Than One |
| Fate | Recycled 1995 |
| Status | Recycled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Skate-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 267 ft 7 in (81.56 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Propulsion | S3W reactor |
| Speed | 23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h) |
| Complement | 95 officers and men |
| Armament | 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft) |
USS Sargo (SSN-583), a Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sargo, a food and game fish of the porgy family, inhabiting coastal waters of the southern United States.