 USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1 July 1969 |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1971 |
| Launched: | 2 June 1973 |
| Commissioned: | 1 February 1975 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 May 2001 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 10 May 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4208 tons light, 4513 tons full, 305 tons dead |
| Length: | 90.8 m (298 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Draft: | 9.1 m (30 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Speed: | 20+ kts |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 112 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Motto: | Rivers Delivers |
USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for L. Mendel Rivers. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 July 1969 and her keel was laid down on 26 June 1971. She was launched on 2 June 1973 sponsored by Mrs. Robert G. Eastman, and commissioned on 1 February 1975, with Commander Roderic L. Wolfe in command. Mendel Rivers was fitted with a dry-deck shelter (DDS) which was a modification containing a hyperbaric chamber, airlock and vehicle hangar that allowed deployment of the SEAL delivery vehicle (SDV). L. Mendel Rivers was decommissioned on 10 May 2001 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 May 2001. Ex-L. Mendel Rivers entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 19 July 2002 ceased to exist.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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