USS Halibut (SSGN-587)

The USS Halibut
History
United States
Name	USS Halibut
Namesake	The halibut
Laid down	11 April 1957
Launched	9 January 1959
Sponsored by	Vernice Holifield
Commissioned	4 January 1960
Decommissioned	30 June 1976
Reclassified	From SSGN-587 to SSN-587, 15 April 1965
Stricken	30 April 1986
Fate	Disposed of through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 9 September 1994
General characteristics
Type	SSGN 1960–1965 Attack submarine 1965–1976
Displacement	3655 tons surfaced, 5000 tons submerged
Length	350 ft (110 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion	S3W reactor, 7300 shp; two turbines, two shafts[1]
Speed	15/20+kt (28/37 km/h) (surfaced/submerged)[1]
Range	unlimited except by food supplies
Complement	9 officers and 88 men
Armament	1 Regulus missile launcher (5 x Regulus I or 2 x Regulus II missiles) 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, two aft)[1]

USS Halibut (SSGN-587), a unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine-turned-special operations platform, later redesignated as an attack submarine SSN-587, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the halibut.