USSGato(SSN-615)
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 USSGato(SSN-615)
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| Name | USSGato |
| Namesake | Thegato,a species of smallcatshark |
| Ordered | 9 July 1960 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 15 December 1961 |
| Launched | 14 May 1964 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs.Lawson P. Ramage |
| Commissioned | 25 January 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 25 April 1996 |
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| Fate | Disposed of viaShip-Submarine Recycling Program |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Thresher/Permit-classnuclear submarine |
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| Length | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W reactorwithS3G-3 Core, two steam turbines with reduction-geared single shaft |
| Complement | 12 officers, 115 men |
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USSGato(SSN-615)was aThresher/Permit-classnuclear submarineknown as the "Goal Keeper" or the "Black Cat." She was the secondUnited States Navyship named after the gato, a species of smallcatsharkfound in waters along the west coast ofMexico.
The contract to build her was awarded to theElectric BoatDivision ofGeneral DynamicsCorporation on 9 July 1960 and her keel was laid down on 15 December 1961 atGroton, Connecticut.She was launched 14 May 1964 sponsored by Mrs.Lawson P. Ramage,and was commissioned 25 January 1968 under the command of CDRAlbert Baciocco.
On 15 November 1969,Gatocollided with theSovietsubmarineK-19in theBarents Seaat a depth of some 200 feet (61 m). The impact completely destroyed theK-19's bowsonarsystems and mangled the covers of its forward torpedo tubes.K-19returned to port for repair but theGatowas relatively undamaged and continued her patrol.[1]
She was the first nuclear-powered submarine to completely circumnavigate South America, and the first nuclear-powered submarine to navigate theStrait of Magellanduring its 1976 Unitas run under the command of CDR Robert Partlow. It was on this voyage that it became the first nuclear submarine to travel through thePanama Canal.
Gatowas decommissioned and stricken on 25 April 1996 and disposed of bysubmarine recycling.
References
[edit]- ^Miller, David (2006).Submarine disasters.Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press. p. 65.ISBN978-1592288151.[permanent dead link]
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