Submarine Growler (former USS Growler)

Original use: USN Strategic Missile Submarine

Current use: Dockside Museum

Built: Built 1958 at Kittery, Maine

Dimensions: 317’ x 27’ x 19’.

Displacement: 2,540 tons surface; 3,515 tons submerged

Construction: Welded steel

Speed: 20 knots surface; 12 knots submerged.

Power: Three Fairbanks Morse OP [confirm Diesels powering twin Elliot 5,600 HP motors.

History: Prior to Growler and her sister ships, all US nuclear missiles were land base. She was sent on her first Nuclear Deterrence Patrol in 1960 armed with Regulus nuclear cruise missiles. Unlike her successor vessels, she had to surface to fire her missiles. Nevertheless, she and her sister ships were trailblazers for the current fleets of all the major nuclear powers. Decommissioned in 1964, after only six years in service, she was given to the Intrepid Museum Foundation in 1988, shortly before she was scheduled to serve as a torpedo target.

Website: www.intrepidmuseum.org

Status:

Skipper: Bill White

Contact: 877-957-SHIP (7447) or 212-245-0072