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USS Shark (SSN 591)

- decommissioned -

Named after the fish, the USS SHARK was the fifth SKIPJACK - class nuclear-powered attack submarine and the seventh ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned on September 15, 1990, the SHARK entered the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on October 1, 1995. Recycling was completed on June 28, 1996.

General Characteristics:Awarded: January 31, 1957
Keel laid: February 24, 1958
Launched: March 16, 1960
Commissioned: February 9, 1961
Decommissioned: September 15, 1990
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: one S5W nuclear reactor
Propellers: one
Length: 251.64 feet (76.7 meters)
Beam: 31.5 feet (9.6 meters)
Draft: 27.9 feet (8.5 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 2,880 tons     Submerged: approx. 3,500 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots     Submerged: approx. 30 knots
Armament: six 533 mm torpedo tubes
Crew: 8 Officers, 85 Enlisted


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Crew List:

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


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