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| | | | The picture shows a view of this U.S.S. Groton SSN 694 United States Navy Submarine Advertising Coffee Mug. This mug was acquired from a former employee of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire. The mug is blue and has black and green print. It has the submarines emblem or insignia and it is marked as follows: SUBMARINE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
USS GROTON
SSN 694 The mug measures 3-3/4'' tall. It is in mint condition as pictured. Below here, for reference, is some information on the U.S.S. Groton (SSN-694): USS Groton (SSN 694)
- decommissioned - USS GROTON was the seventh LOS ANGELES - class attack submarine. Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on November 7, 1997, the GROTON is currently berthed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, awaiting disposal through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program. General Characteristics:
Awarded: January 31, 1971
Keel Laid: August 3, 1973
Launched: October 9, 1976
Commissioned: July 8, 1978
Decommissioned: November 7, 1997
Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
Propellers: one
Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters)
Beam: 33 feet (10 meters)
Draft: 32,15 feet (9.8 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,000 tons
Displacement: Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots
Speed: Submerged: approx. 32 knots
Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles
Cost: approx. $900 million
Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted |
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