Facts
USS Baton Rouge SSN-689
Built By: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Keel Laid: November 18, 1972
Launched: April 26, 1975
Commissioned: June 25, 1977
Sponsor: Mrs. F. Edward Herbert
Displacemment: 6200t. surfaced; 6900t. submerged
Dimensions: Length: 360ft.(109,8m.); Beam: 33ft.(10m.); Draught: 32ft.4in.(9,8m.)
Propulsion: One-shaft nuclear; one S6G reactor driving geared steam turbines; 30 000shp = 30+kts.
Armament: Four 21 in(533mm.)torpedo tubes Mk.67(22 Tomahawks,Harpoon SSMs and Mk.48 torpedoes.)
Sensors: Surveillance: BPS-15A. Sonar: BQQ-5, BQS-15, BQR-23/25 towed array.
Crew: 15 Officers, 16 Chief Petty Officers, 105 Enlisted Men
Decommissioned: September 18, 1993
"...We are a free nation because we have always had the will to be prepared for any danger, no matter how frightening, because we have never lost the will to be free."
The Honorable F. Edward Herbert
Source: The New Illustrated Guide To The Modern US Navy by John Jordan; and others.