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Career | |
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Awarded: | 25 July 1969 |
Laid down: | 19 October 1971 |
Launched: | 12 January 1974 |
Commissioned: | 16 August 1975 |
Fate: | recycled |
Stricken: | 24 June 1994 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 4364 tons |
Length: | 90.8 meters (298 feet) |
Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches |
Draft: | 26 feet |
Speed: | 20+ knots |
Complement: | 14 officers, 112 men |
Armament: | four 21-inch torpedo tubes, SUBROC |
In August 1977, Russell was fitted with a large housing attached to the hull just aft of the sail, containing a tethered antenna buoy that was under development. (Later submarine classes would have such housing built into the hull fairing.) The housing gave the boat a unique profile and became known as the "Russell Bustle."
- 19 years of operational history go here.
References
This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.