USS Pollack (SSN-603)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pollack.
USS Pollack (SSN-603), a Permit-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
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USS Pollack (SSN-603) receives assistance from U.S. Navy tug USS Skenandoa (YTB-835) (center rear) while arriving off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, in January 1988 for inactivation. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Pollack |
Namesake | The Pollack |
Awarded | 3 March 1959 |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 14 March 1960 |
Launched | 17 March 1962 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. John Pastore |
Commissioned | 26 May 1964 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1989 |
Stricken | 1 March 1989 |
Fate | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, 9 February 1993 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thresher/Permit-class submarine |
Displacement | 3,750 long tons (3,810 t) |
Length | 278 ft 5 in (84.86 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 7 in (9.63 m) |
Draft | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
Propulsion | S5W PWR |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
Complement | 107 officers and men |
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The contract to build Pollack was awarded to New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey on 3 March 1959 and her keel was laid down on 14 March 1960. She was launched on 17 March 1962, sponsored by Mrs. John Pastore, and commissioned on 26 May 1964.