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USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
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 USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 20 July 1961 |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1963 |
| Launched: | 1 February 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 March 1994 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 7 March 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Armament: | 16 missile tubes, 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes forward |
| Motto: | Per Tridentem Libertas |
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kazimierz Pułaski (1745–1779), a Polish soldier who served in the American Revolutionary War.
The contract to build this ship was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 20 July 1961 and her keel was laid down on 12 January 1963. She was launched on 1 February 1964 sponsored by Mrs. John A. Gronouski, Jr., and commissioned on 14 August 1964, with Captain R. L. J. Long in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Thomas B. Brittain, Jr., in command of the Gold Crew.
Casimir Pulaski was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 March 1994. Ex-Casimir Pulaski entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 21 October 1994 ceased to exist.
See USS Pulaski for the first ship for the United States Navy to be named for Kazimierz Pulaski, which did not use his personal name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.