USS L. Mendel Rivers

USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)
USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)
History
United States
NameUSS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686)
NamesakeL. Mendel Rivers (1905–1970), U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District (1941–1970)
Ordered1 July 1969
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Laid down26 June 1971
Launched2 June 1973
Sponsored byMargaret Rivers Eastman and Marion Rivers
Commissioned1 February 1975
Decommissioned10 May 2001
Stricken10 May 2001
MottoRivers Delivers
FateScrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 19 July 2002
General characteristics
Class and typeSturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement
  • 3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light
  • 4,270 long tons (4,339 t) full
  • 292 long tons (297 t) dead
Length302 ft 3 in (92.13 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
PropulsionOne S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth1,300 feet (400 meters)
Complement126 (14 officers, 112 enlisted men)
Armament4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine in commission from 1975 to 2001, is the only ship of the United States Navy thus far to have been named for L. Mendel Rivers (1905–1970), a U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District (1941–1970).

Construction and commissioning

L. Mendel Rivers moored at a pier at Port Canaveral, Florida, on 1 August 1993.

The contract to build L. Mendel Rivers was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 1 July 1969 and her keel was laid down there on 26 June 1971. She was launched on 2 June 1973, sponsored by L. Mendel Rivers' two daughters, Margaret Rivers Eastman and Marion Rivers, and commissioned on 21 December 1974. [1]

Service history

Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean Sea from January through July 1976. Between 1976 and 1995, she mainly patrolled the Mediterranean and North Atlantic. Additionally, she did three tours within the Arctic Circle and one to the North Pole.[2]

During the 1990s, L. Mendel Rivers was fitted with a dry-deck shelter which contained a hyperbaric chamber, airlock, and vehicle hangar that allowed her to deploy SEAL Delivery Vehicles.

Decommissioning and disposal

L. Mendel Rivers was decommissioned on 10 May 2001 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, was completed on 19 July 2002.[1]

Commemoration

L. Mendel Rivers' ship's plaque is on display at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. the L. Mendel Rivers' ship's patch is on display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, Connecticut, with the patches of all Sturgeon-class attack submarine.

Archive footage of the vessel was used in the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man's Season Six opener Sharks.

USS L. Mendel Rivers is one of the playable Sturgeon-class submarines in the 2017 video game Cold Waters.

References

  1. ^ a b "Submarine Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ "USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) Deployments & History". www.hullnumber.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.


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