USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628)
USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628) underway east of Charleston, South Carolina, on 1 January 1986. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Tecumseh |
| Namesake | Tecumseh (1768-1813), a Native American leader of the Shawnee |
| Ordered | 20 July 1961 |
| Builder | Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 1 June 1962 |
| Launched | 22 June 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Robert L. F. Sikes |
| Commissioned | 29 May 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 23 July 1993 |
| Stricken | 23 July 1993 |
| Motto | United for Freedom |
| Fate | Scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 April 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | James Madison-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) |
| Installed power | S5W reactor |
| Propulsion | 2 × geared steam turbines, 15,000 shp (11,185 kW), 1 shaft |
| Speed |
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| Test depth | 1,300 ft (400 m) |
| Complement | Two crews (Gold and Blue) of 140 each |
| Armament |
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USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tecumseh (c.1768–1813), the leader of the Shawnee people.