USS Woodrow Wilson

USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624)

USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624) in San Francisco
History
United States
Name	USS Woodrow Wilson
Namesake	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), 28th President of the United States (1913–1921)
Ordered	9 February 1961
Awarded	9 February 1961
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	13 September 1961
Launched	22 February 1963
Sponsored by	Miss Eleanor Axson Sayre, Wilson's Granddaughter
Commissioned	27 December 1963
Decommissioned	1 September 1994
Reclassified	Attack submarine (SSN-624) in 1990
Stricken	1 September 1994
Fate	Recycled via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program 26 September 1997 through 27 October 1998
General characteristics
Class and type	Lafayette-class submarine
Type	Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216)[1]
Displacement	7,250 long tons (7,370 t) surfaced 8,250 long tons (8,380 t) submerged
Length	425 ft (130 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Propulsion	1 × S5W reactor 2 × General Electric geared turbines 15,000 shp (11,000 kW)[1]
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Complement	Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted each
Sensors and processing systems	BQS-4 sonar[1]
Armament	4 × 21 in (530 mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes with Mark 113 firecontrol system,[1] for Mark 48 torpedoes 16 × vertical tubes for Polaris or Poseidon ballistic missiles

USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624), a Lafayette class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). She later was converted into an attack submarine and redesignated SSN-624.