USS Seawolf (SSN-21)
![]() USS Seawolf conducting sea trials in 1996.
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Namesake | Seawolf |
Awarded | 9 January 1989 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 25 October 1989 |
Launched | 24 June 1995 |
Commissioned | 19 July 1997 |
Homeport | Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor[1] |
Motto | Cave Lupum (English: "Beware the Wolf") |
Status | in active service |
Badge | ![]() |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seawolf-class submarine |
Length | 353 ft (108 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 36 ft (11 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 25+ knots submerged, 18+ knots surfaced |
Test depth | Greater than 800 ft (240 m) |
Complement | 15 officers and 101 enlisted |
Armament | 8 × 26.5-inch torpedo tubes, sleeved for 21-inch weapons[5] (up to 50 Tomahawk land attack missile/Harpoon anti-ship missile/Mk 48 guided torpedo carried in torpedo room)[6] |
USS Seawolf (SSN-21), is a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and the lead ship of her class. She is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf, a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth that give it a savage look.
Construction
[edit]The contract to build Seawolf was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989. She was launched on 24 June 1995, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Dalton, and commissioned on 19 July 1997. The 7-year 9-month time period from keel laying to commissioning is the longest for a submarine in the U.S. Navy.
Adding support personnel as well as ship's crew, there are 140 personnel assigned or attached to Seawolf.[7]
History
[edit]![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Seawolf_%28SSN-21%29_%2820679202313%29.jpg/220px-USS_Seawolf_%28SSN-21%29_%2820679202313%29.jpg)
Seawolf is featured in a 1998 episode of the documentary Super Structures of the World: Seawolf. The program followed her construction and sea trials.[8]
On 22 July 2007, Seawolf transferred from her previous homeport of Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington.[7]
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/USS_Seawolf_%28SSN-21%29_with_carrier%2C_japanese_destroyer.jpg/220px-USS_Seawolf_%28SSN-21%29_with_carrier%2C_japanese_destroyer.jpg)
In 2015, Seawolf was deployed to the Arctic region for six months.[9][10][11]
In July 2020 Seawolf deployed into the Arctic area of responsibility. She conducted special operations and pulled into multiple European ports.[12] Port calls included HMNB Clyde in Faslane Scotland, and Gibraltar, and briefly in Tromsø, Norway.[13] Seawolf's deployment was the first US Navy deployment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Awards
[edit]- 1997
- 2001
- 2002
- 2004
- 2007
- Tactical White "T"[14]
- Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon[14]
- Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award[14]
- Meritorious Unit Commendation[14]
- 2009
- 2014
- Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon[14]
- Weapons "W"[14]
- Navigation Red and Green "N"[14]
- Supply Blue "E"[14]
- Personnel "P"[14]
- 2015
- Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon[14]
- Weapons "W"[14]
- Navigation Red and Green "N"[14]
- Supply Blue "E"[14]
- Engineering Red "E"[14]
- 2020
- Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon[14]
- Weapons "W"[14]
- Navigation Red and Green "N"[14]
- Supply Blue "E"
- Navy Expeditionary Medal[16]
- Arctic Service Ribbon
- Navy and Marine Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2X)
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Arleigh Burke Trophy
References
[edit]- ^ SSN21
- ^ Alan Kuperman; Frank von Hippel (10 April 2020). "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". IPFM Blog.
- ^ a b "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. p. 32. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "S6W Advanced Fleet Reactor". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ Schank, John F.; Cesse, Cameron; Ip, Frank W.; Lacroix, Robert; Murphy, Mark V.; Arena, Kristy N.; Kamarck; Lee, Gordon T. (2011). "Learning from Experience: Volume II: Lessons from the U.S. Navy's Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia Submarine Programs". rand.org.
- ^ "Attack Submarines - SSN". United States Navy Fact Files. United States Navy. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b "USS Seawolf Makes New Home in Pacific Northwest". U.S. Navy News Service. 24 July 2007. NNS070724-15. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Super Structures of the World: Seawolf (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster Inc. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "USS Seawolf Completes Six-Month Arctic Deployment". Navy Live. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ Gray, Amanda (27 October 2016). "Seawolf Welcomes New Commanding Officer". Submarine Group 9 Public Affairs. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: U.S. Navy (10 December 2015). "USS Seawolf (SSN 21) 2015 Army Navy Spirit Spot". YouTube.
- ^ "SSN 21 - USS Seawolf". seaforces.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs (21 August 2020). "USS Seawolf Operates in 6th Fleet" (Press release). Norwegian Sea: U.S. Naval Forces Europe–Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "U.S. Navy Awards – Unit Award Search". Archived from the original on 14 October 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Seawolf". combatindex.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
External links
[edit]Media related to USS Seawolf (SSN-21) at Wikimedia Commons