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U.S.S. NARWHAL

(SSN-671)

WHEN EXPERIENCE COUNTS . . . SSN 671

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USS NARWHAL (SSN-671) - a Narwhal-class submarine

In Commission 1969 to 1999

SSN-671 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1966-Keel Date: 17 JAN 1966
at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT
SEP1967-Launch Date: 9 SEP 1967
JUL1969-Commissioned: 12 JUL 1969
APR1971-JUN1971Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
AUG1972-OCT1972Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JAN1975-Shellback Initiation - 13 JAN 1975 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1978-DEC1980Overhaul and Refueling Charleston Shipyard
FEB1979-MAY1979Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
SEP1979-JUL1983Overhaul charalston S.C
NOV1982-APR1983Mediterranean
OCT1984-DEC1984Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
SEP1985-FEB1986Mediterranean
JAN1987-APR1987Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
SEP1989-SEP1989Dived to river bottom in Charleston Harbor due to Hurrican Hugo
JAN1994-JUN1996Mediterranean
FEB1994-AUG1994Mediterranean
JUL1999-Decommissioned: 1 JUL 1999

SSN-671 General Specifications

Named for: Narwhal

Complement: 12 Officers and 95 Enlisted

Displacement: 4948 tons

Length: 314 feet

Beam: 33 feet

Draft: 31 feet



USS NARWHAL (SSN-671)



The third Narwhal was laid down 17 January 1966 by General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn.; launched 9 September 1967; sponsored by Mrs. Glynn R. Donaho; and commissioned 12 July 1969, with Comdr. W. A. Matson, in command.

The Narwhal is the largest straight nuclear-powered attack submarine yet built by the U.S. Navy. She has a new type of reactor that will enable her to steam longer, and further than any other submarine in existence. This new reactor considerably reduces the noise level of a submarine and makes the Narwhal, at the time of commissioning, the quietest submarine in the U.S. Naval service.

[Note: The above USS NARWHAL (SSN-671) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS NARWHAL (SSN-671), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]