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{{short description|US navy submarine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} |+USS ''Daniel Webster'' (SSBN-626) {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Websterbowplanes.jpg |Ship caption=USS ''Daniel Webster'' (SSBN-626) with her unusual original [[Bow (ship)|bow]] [[Diving plane|plane]] configuration. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1990}} |Ship name=''Daniel Webster'' |Ship namesake=[[Daniel Webster]] (1782β1852), an American statesman |Ship ordered=3 February 1961 |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[General Dynamics Electric Boat]], [[Groton, Connecticut]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=28 December 1961 |Ship launched=27 April 1963 |Ship sponsor=Mrs. W. Osborn Goodrich, Jr. |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=9 April 1964 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=30 August 1990 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto=''Liberty and Union'' |Ship nickname="Old Funny Fins" |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Became moored training ship MTS-626 |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Lafayette|submarine|0}} [[ballistic missile submarine]] (hull design SCB-216)<ref name="Adcock22"> {{cite book |last=Adcock |first=Al. |title=U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines |publisher=Squadron Signal |location=Carrolltown, Texas |year=1993 |page=22 }}</ref> |Ship displacement=*{{convert|7250|LT|t|lk=in|abbr=on}} surfaced *{{convert|8250|LT|t|abbr=on}} submerged |Ship length={{convert|425|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|31|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*1 Γ [[S5W reactor]] *2 Γ [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] geared turbines {{convert|15000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}<ref name="Adcock22" /> |Ship speed=*{{convert|20|kn|km/h}} surfaced *{{convert|25|kn|km/h}} submerged |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship complement=Two crews (Blue and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |Ship sensors=[[BQS-4]] sonar<ref name="Adcock22" /> |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*4 Γ {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on}} Mark 65 [[torpedo tube]]s with Mark 113 firecontrol system,<ref name="Adcock22" /> for [[Mark 48 torpedo]]es<!--#?--> *16 Γ vertical tubes for [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris]] or [[UGM-73 Poseidon|Poseidon]] ballistic missiles |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Daniel Webster'' (SSBN-626)''', a {{sclass|Lafayette|submarine|0}} [[ballistic missile]] [[submarine]] (FBM), was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Daniel Webster]].
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