USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | USS Los Angeles |
| Namesake: | The City of Los Angeles |
| Awarded: | 8 January 1971 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 8 January 1972 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1976 |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Los Angeles class submarine |
| Displacement: | 5,700 tons light 6,072 tons full 1,372 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | S6G nuclear reactor 2 turbines 35,000 horsepower (26 MW) 1 auxiliary motor 325 horsepower (242 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) surfaced 30 knots (56 km/h) submerged (actual top speed classified) |
| Test depth: | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Complement: | 13 Officers; 121 Enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes Mark 48 torpedo Harpoon missile Tomahawk cruise missile |
USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), lead ship of her class of submarines, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Los Angeles, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 8 January 1972. She was launched on 6 April 1974 sponsored by Anne Armstrong, and commissioned on 13 November 1976 with Commander John E. Christensen in command. As of 2007 she was the oldest submarine in active service with the United States Navy.[1]
In 1999, while under the command of Mark D. Jenkins, Los Angeles was modified to carry a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS).
On July 20, 2009 the US Navy announced that the submarine would be inactivated on November 2, 2009 and decommissioned at an undetermined later date.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "USS Los Angeles Embarks With a Piece of Submarine History". US Navy. 16 May 2007. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=29429.
- ^ Scutro, Andrew, "Subs, frigate on list of ships being retired", Military Times, July 21, 2009.
This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.
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