Simon Lake (AS 33) Class

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USS Simon Lake (AS 33).
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Class: SIMON LAKE (AS 33)
Design: SCB Project Nos. 238 and 714.65
Displacement (tons): 13,797 light, 20,088 full
Dimensions (feet): 644' oa, 620' wl x 85' e/wl x 27' max nav
Armament: 2-3"/50T; (1983) 4-40mmS
Accommodations: 64 officers, 1133 enlisted
Speed (kts.): 18
Propulsion (HP): 20,000
Machinery: Steam turbines, 2 boilers (650psi), 1 screw

Construction:

AS	Name	Ord	Builder	Keel	Launch	Comm
33	SIMON LAKE	8 Aug 1962	NSY Puget Sound	7 Jan 1963	8 Feb 1964	7 Nov 1964
34	CANOPUS	19 Sep 1963	Ingalls SB	2 Mar 1964	12 Feb 1965	4 Nov 1965
35	unnamed	--	(GD Quincy)	--	--	--

Disposition:

AS	Name	T	Decomm	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale/Depart
33	SIMON LAKE		31 Jul 1999	25 Apr 2006	1 Apr 2016	MA/T	6 Dec 2018
34	CANOPUS		30 Nov 1994	3 May 1995	1 May 1999	MA/T	25 Jul 2003
35	unnamed		--	--	3 Dec 1964	Canc	--

Class Notes:
Approved characteristics for a new construction Submarine Tender (AS), SCB Project No. 238, were promulgated on 5 January 1962 and updated as SCB Project No. 714.65 (AS-FBM) on 4 May 1964 with a final change to SCB 238 on 13 May 1964. The break in the superstructure amidships housed twenty vertical SLBM storage tubes served by two large cranes. This break was absent in the SSN tenders, which had only a single large crane with a longer reach. Approved characteristics for a POSEIDON conversion for AS 33-34, SCB Project No. 733.68, were promulgated on 12 Feb 1969.

Ship Notes:

AS	Name	MA	Notes
33	SIMON LAKE		FY 1963. Poseidon overhaul, SCB Project 733.69, ord. 1 Jul 1968 [or 31 Oct 1968] at NSY Puget Sound, begun 7 Jul 1970, completed 9 Mar 1971. To MA custody 3 Dec 2015. Departed MA custody 5 Feb 2019 under sales contract with HRP Brownville.
34	CANOPUS		FY 1964. Poseidon overhaul, SCB Project 733.68, ord. 27 Aug 1967 [or 12 Jan 1968] at NSY Puget Sound, begun 3 Jun 1969, completed 3 Feb 1970. To MA custody in JRRF 29 Jan 1997. Towed to Able UK in Hartlepool, Teeside, UK and arrived 27 Nov 2003, but local protests delayed BU of the four Ghost Ships of Hartlepool until Able UK secured waste management licensing in August 2008. (The others were Caloosahatchee, Canisteo, and Compass Island.) Canopus removed from MA inventory 29 Sep 2010 indicating BU complete.
35	unnamed		FY 1965. Designated SCB Project 714.65 and planned for General Dynamics, Quincy along with AS 36. AS 35 was cancelled when the requirement for a fifth FBM submarine tender was dropped.