Editing USS Daniel Webster (section)

==Construction and commissioning==
The contract to build ''Daniel Webster'' was awarded to the [[Electric Boat]] Division of [[General Dynamics]] Corporation in [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 3 February 1961 and her [[keel]] was laid down there on 28 December 1961.  She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 27 April 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ernestine (Appleton) Goodrich, great-great granddaughter of Daniel Webster<ref name="Webster">{{cite book |title=USS Daniel Webster SSBN626 Welcome Aboard booklet (11 pages) |date=1969 |publisher=USS Daniel Webster |url=http://navsource.org/archives/08/pdf/0862623.pdf |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref> and wife of W. Osborn Goodrich, Jr., and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 9 April 1964, with [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] Marvin S. Blair in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Lloyd S. Smith in command of the Gold Crew.

''Daniel Webster'' was originally built with [[diving plane]]s mounted on a "mini-sail" near the [[Bow (ship)|bow]], leading to her nickname "Old Funny Fins". This configuration, unique to US submarines,<ref name="Adcock224">
{{cite book
|last=Adcock
|first=Al.
|title=U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines
|publisher=Squadron Signal
|location=Carrolltown, Texas
|year=1993
|pages=22, (4 also credits mythical interwar ''Albacore'' and ''Trout'' classes, however)
}}</ref> was an attempt to reduce the effect of [[porpoising]]. While successful, the "mini-sail" required to contain the operating mechanism reduced hydrodynamic efficiency and lowered her overall speed.<ref name="Adcock2829">
{{cite book
|last=Adcock
|first=Al.
|title=U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarines
|publisher=Squadron Signal
|location=Carrolltown, Texas
|year=1993
|pages=29, (Adcock, p.28, contradicts himself, saying there was no benefit)
}}</ref>
During a mid-1970s overhaul, these unusual planes were removed and standard [[fairwater plane]]s were installed.<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08626.htm ''Daniel Webster'' at NavSource.org]</ref>