USS Seawolf (SSN 21)

USS SEAWOLF is the first ship of a revolutionary new class of fast attack submarines. Originally this class should consist of 29 submarines but just three boats were authorized.

USS SEAWOLF is the third ship of the Navy to bear this name. The name comes from a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks which give it a savage look.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: January 9, 1989
	Launched and Christened: June 24, 1995
	Commissioned: July 19, 1997
	Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.
	Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
	Propellers: one
	Length: 353 feet (107.6 meters)
	Beam: 40 feet (12.2 meters)
	Draft: 35 feet (10.67 meters)
	Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 7,460 tons Submerged: approx. 9,137 tons
	Speed: Surfaced: approx. 20 knots Submerged: approx. 35 knots
	Armament: Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles from VLS-tubes, eight 660 mm torpedo Tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, ability to lay mines
	Homeport: Groton, Conn.
	Crew: 12 Officers, 121 Enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SEAWOLF. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Notes of Interest:

It is said that SEAWOLF is quieter at its tactical speed of 25 knots than a LOS ANGELES - class submarine pierside.
The name of this ship was never officially confirmed because the name was given by Admiral Watkins who wanted to return to the old tradition that attack submarines should be named after animals living in the oceans.
But he was not authorized to do that because the names of ships are announced by a SECNAV Instruction.
Another mistake is the ship’s number, SSN 21. This number was created by Vice Admiral N. Thunman. He said that the submarine for the 21^st century should be named SSN 21. By doing so he made the mistake that every ship’s number can only be given once and the number "21" was already given in 1912.

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