USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600)
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Namesake | President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 20 May 1958 |
| Launched | 3 October 1959 |
| Sponsored by | Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
| Commissioned | 13 February 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1981 |
| Renamed |
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| Stricken | 1 December 1982 |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Fate | Recycling via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 24 March 1995 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | George Washington-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 381.6 ft (116.3 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
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| Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Complement | Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers, 100 enlisted |
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USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), a George Washington-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Initially unnamed and assigned hull classification symbol SSGN-600 as a guided missile submarine, her keel was laid down on 20 May 1958 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard using components initially assembled for the Skipjack-class submarine nuclear attack submarine USS Scamp (SSN-588). She was named Theodore Roosevelt and redesignated fleet ballistic missile submarine SSBN-600 on 6 November 1958, launched on 3 October 1959, sponsored by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and widow of Nicholas Longworth III, and commissioned on 13 February 1961 with Commander William E. Sims commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Oliver H. Perry Jr. commanding the Gold Crew.