USS Ulysses S. Grant

USS Ulysses S. Grant

USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) entering point at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii.
History
United States
Namesake	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), American Civil War general and the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
Ordered	20 July 1961
Builder	Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	18 August 1962
Launched	2 November 1963
Sponsored by	Mrs. David W. Griffiths
Commissioned	17 July 1964
Decommissioned	12 June 1992
Stricken	12 June 1992
Fate	Scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 23 October 1993
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General characteristics
Class and type	James Madison-class submarine
Displacement	7,300 long tons (7,417 t) surfaced 8,250 long tons (8,382 t) submerged
Length	425 ft (130 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	32 ft (9.8 m)
Installed power	S5W reactor
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 15,000 shp (11,185 kW), one shaft
Speed	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Test depth	1,300 feet (400 m)
Complement	Two crews (Blue and Gold) of 13 officers and 130 enlisted each
Armament	16 × ballistic missile tubes (originally for Polaris missiles, later for Poseidon missiles 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (all forward)

USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), a James Madison-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship^a of the United States Navy to be named for Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), American Civil War general and the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877).