USS PUFFER SSN652

Ships History | Vital Statistics | Unit Awards | The Name Puffer | Launching
WESTPAC 71 | Commanding Officers | Plank Owners | Decommissioning Crew

Vital Statistics

Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation Division of Litton Industries
Pascagoula, Mississippi

Keel Laid  18 February 1965
Launched  30 March 1968
Commissioned  9 August 1969
Ship's Sponsor  MRS. Grace Colwell
Length  292 Feet
Beam  32 Feet
Displacement Surfaced  4246 Tons
Displacement Submerged  4780 Tons
Speed  Better than 25 Knots
Depth  Greater than 600 Feet
Inactivation Ceremony  8 September 1995


from the USS PUFFER WESTPAC 1971 Cruise Book
given to me by Jim Cannici