USS L. Y. Spear
_and_USS_Farragut_(DDG-37)_undergoing_overhauls_at_NORSHIPCO,_Virginia_(USA),_on_14_June_1987_(6423276).jpg) USS L. Y. Spear with USS Farragut alongside
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| Name | USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) |
| Namesake | Lawrence York Spear |
| Builder | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division |
| Laid down | 5 May 1966 |
| Launched | 7 September 1967 |
| Acquired | February 11, 1970 |
| Commissioned | 22 February 1970 |
| Decommissioned | September 6, 1996 |
| Stricken | May 3, 1999 |
| Fate | Sold for Scrapping 9 July 2010 to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Tx |
| Status | Awaiting Tow |
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| Displacement | 22,640 tons |
| Length | 644 ft (196 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Propulsion | steam turbine engine, 1 propellor |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Complement | 1,338 |
| Armament | two 5 inch, four .50 cal. mg |
USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) was the lead ship of her class of submarine tenders, in service to the United States Navy from 1970 through 1996. She was named for Lawrence York Spear, a former Navy lieutenant who played an integral role in submarine design at Electric Boat Company before and during World War II.
L. Y. Spear was laid down by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division at Quincy, Massachusetts on 5 May 1966; launched on 7 September 1967; sponsored by the wife of Vice Admiral Schade, Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet; and commissioned on 22 February 1970.
Designed primarily to service nuclear attack submarines, L. Y. Spear was assigned to Submarine Squadron 6 with Norfolk, Virginia as her home port. She had the capability to provide logistic and technical support for as many as 12 submarines and service four of them alongside simultaneously.
L. Y. Spear was decommissioned on September 6, 1996 and struck from the Navy Register on May 3, 1999. She was berthed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, from 1999 till 2010. On 9 July 2010, a contract to dismantle L. Y. Spearwas issued to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Tx. She is scheduled to depart the Norfolk Naval Shipyard at the end of August 2010.[1]
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- http://www.tendertale.com/tenders/136/136.html
- http://www.gdeb.com/about/centennial/eb-100yrs-2.html
- USS L.Y. SPEAR (AS-36) Deployments & History
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