USS Seawolf (SSN-21), the
lead ship of
her class, is the fourth
submarine of the
United States Navy
named for a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth and projecting tusks that give it a savage look. The contract to build her was awarded to the
Electric Boat Division of
General Dynamics and
Newport News Shipbuilding on
9 January 1989. She was launched
24 June 1995 and commissioned
19 July 1997.
She is homeported in
Groton, Connecticut.
See USS Seawolf for other submarines of this name.
- Length: 353 feet
- Beam: 40 feet
- Draft: 36 feet
- Displacement: 7568 tons light, 9137 tons full, 1569 tons dead
- Accommodations: 15 officers, 101 enlisted