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BOAT OF THE MONTH 
USS Tullibee (SSN-597)
Commissioned 1960
USS Tullibee - Commissioning Ceremony
The USS
Tullibee (SSN 597) -- the only
submarine of its class
was a submarine of firsts, including:
- The first quiet nuclear submarine with turbo electric drive
- The first integrated sonar suite, including both a low-frequency passive
array, for long
range detection, and a spherical array, for approach and attack (AN/BQQ
Series Sonar)
- The first submarine specifically designed
as an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) weapon
- The first submarine with torpedo tubes amidships
Tullibee Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 26 May 1958, at
the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched,
27 April 1960; Commissioned, USS Tullibee (SSN-597), 9 November 1960;
Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 18 June
1988; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship
and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton,
WA., 1 April 1996.
SHIP’S CHARACTERISTICS
USS Tullibee specifications.
Displacement, Surfaced: 2,317 t., Submerged: 2,640 t.; Length 273'; Beam 23'
7"; Speed, Surfaced 12.9 kts, Submerged 16 kts; Depth Limit 700'; Complement
58; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes amidships aft of the bow; Propulsion
System, nuclear reactor one propeller.
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Cincinnati Base has identified a regular meeting location. This
is Paul Vail VFW Post 4369 located at 3318 E. Sharon Road in Sharonville
(Cincinnati), OH. Unless otherwise noted, our meetings will be on the 4th Saturday of each month. 
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