USS Francis Scott Key
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USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry", which became the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". During World War II there was a liberty ship named SS Francis Scott Key.
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USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) commencing a hard turn to starboard, possibly during her sea trials off the United States East Coast sometime before December 1966. | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), author of the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
Ordered | 29 July 1963 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
Laid down | 5 December 1964 |
Launched | 23 April 1965 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Marjory Key Thorne and Mrs. William T. Jarvis |
Commissioned | 3 December 1966 |
Decommissioned | 2 September 1993 |
Stricken | 2 September 1993 |
Fate | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 September 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine |
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Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Installed power | 15,000 shp (11,185 kW) |
Propulsion | One S5W pressurized-water nuclear reactor, two geared steam turbines, one shaft |
Speed | Over 20 knots |
Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 m) |
Complement | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold Crew) of 120 men each |
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