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USS Hunley (AS 31) photographed by Newport News Shipbuilding Co. ca 1962.
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Class: HUNLEY (AS 31)
Design: SCB Project No. 194
Displacement (tons): 13,476 light, 19,746 full
Dimensions (feet): 599' oa, 570' wl x 83' e/wl x 28' max nav
Armament: 2-3"/50T; (1976) 4-20mmS
Accommodations: 61 officers, 1195 enlisted
Speed (kts.): 19
Propulsion (HP): 15,000
Machinery: Diesel electric, 1 screw
Construction:
AS | Name | Ord | Builder | Keel | Launch | Comm |
31 | HUNLEY | 16 Nov 1959 | Newport News SB | 28 Nov 1960 | 28 Sep 1961 | 16 Jun 1962 |
32 | HOLLAND | 31 Aug 1961 | Ingalls SB | 5 Mar 1962 | 19 Jan 1963 | 7 Sep 1963 |
Disposition:
AS | Name | T | Decomm | Strike | Disposal | Fate | MA Sale/Depart |
31 | HUNLEY | | 30 Sep 1994 | 3 May 1995 | 1 May 1999 | MA/T | 5 Jan 2007 |
32 | HOLLAND | | 30 Sep 1996 | 12 May 2000 | 24 Feb 2001 | MA/T | 4 Jun 2013 |
Class Notes:
Approved characteristics for a new Submarine Tender (AS), SCB Project No. 194, were promulgated on 22 August 1958 and updated on 17 July 1959 with a final change on 17 October 1962. The ships initially had a large hammerhead crane aft [to handle SLBMs], this was replaced by two large boom cranes as in the AS 33 class. Approved characteristics for a POSEIDON conversion for AS 31-32, SAIC Project No. 736.73, were promulgated on 18 Oct 1971 and updated on 4 Dec 1972.
Ship Notes:
AS | Name | MA | Notes |
31 | HUNLEY | | FY 1960. Poseidon overhaul, SCB Proj. 736.73, ordered 6 Jul 1972 [or 22 Jul 1972] at NSY Puget Sound, begun 1 Apr 1973, completed 22 Jan 1974. To MA custody in JRRF 12 Oct 1995. Departed MA custody 7 Mar 2007 enroute Southern Scrap Materials, New Orleans. |
32 | HOLLAND | | FY 1962. Poseidon overhaul, SCB Proj. 736.75, ord. 13 Aug 1973 at NSY Puget Sound, begun 3 Sep 1974. To MA custody 26 May 2000. Departed MA custody 10 Jul 2013 under domestic sale to ESCO Marine Inc, Brownsville. |
Page Notes:
Compiled: 31 Jul 2021
© Stephen S. Roberts, 2021
Sources: DB, Maroon, NVR, PHS