Tenacity

CUSTOM USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) Watch

Name: CUSTOM USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) Watch
Brand: Tenacity
SKU: TW-USS TENNESSEE OFFICER
Price: 329.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Pre-Order ends May 3, 2024
Expected Delivery August 2024

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HISTORY

Ohio Class Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 9 June 1986, at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, CT.; Launched, 13 December 1986; Commissioned, USS Tennessee (SSBN-734), 17 December 1988. Tennessee is assigned to the US Atlantic Fleet and is homeported at Kings Bay, GA.

USS Tennessee (SSBN-734), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship and first submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the 16th state. There had also previously been two ships of the Confederate States Navy to bear the name.

Authorized in FY1980, the contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 7 January 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 June 1986. She was launched on 13 December 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Landess Kelso, and commissioned on 17 December 1988, with Captain D. Witzenburg in command of the Blue Crew and Captain Kenneth D. Barker in command of the Gold Crew.

USS Tennessee was the first Trident II missile submarine to be commissioned.

FACTS

Builders: Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Ct.
Powerplant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft
Length: 560 feet (109.73 meters)
Beam: 42 feet
Displacement: Approx. 18,750 tons (17,010 metric tons)
Submerged Speed: 20+ knots (23+ MPH; 36,8+ KPH)
Crew: 13 officers, 121 enlisted
Armament: 24 Missile tubes, 4 Torpedo tubes

Most Sailors hate the Mid Watch.

Standing guard in the middle of the night while everyone else is in their bunks getting the rest they wish they were getting.

The Sailors who are lucky enough to be in their bunks at three a.m. don’t usually know who’s got the watch.

They stand watch aboard ships, in aircraft, in infantry units, aboard submarines, in armored fighting vehicles.

They stand watch from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic, from office buildings to defensive positions in the desert.

And they do it every day, and every night, whether the rest of us pay attention or not.

The MidWatch was forged in the spirit of the vigilance, dedication and strength of those Sailors who fearlessly stand the midwatch every night.

Tenacity’s sleek and beautiful MidWatch certainly echoes that sentiment, with a: