USS La Jolla (SSN-701)
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| Missing image USS_La_Jolla_SSN-701.jpg USS La Jolla (SSN-701) departing Pearl Harbor | |
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| Awarded: | 10 December 1973 |
| Laid down: | 16 October 1976 |
| Launched: | 11 August 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1981 |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5774 tons light, 6141 tons full, 367 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.7 meters (32 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS La Jolla (SSN-701), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for La Jolla, California. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 16 October 1976. She was launched on 11 August 1979 sponsored by Mrs. Bob Wilson, and commissioned on 30 September 1981, with Captain James R. Long in command.
In late 1982, about 30 miles out of San Francisco, California, La Jolla, while at periscope depth, collided with Permit (SSN-594), operating on the surface. La Jolla suffered minor rudder damage, while putting a ten-foot-long, three-foot-wide scrape in the paint on Permit’s keel.
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On 11 February 1998, about 9 miles out of Chinhae, South Korea, La Jolla rammed and sank a 27-ton fishing trawler. The five crewmembers of the trawler were rescued by the crew of La Jolla.
In 2000, La Jolla was modified to carry a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS).
On 23 August 2004, La Jolla returned to Pearl Harbor after a six-month deployment in the Pacific Ocean. She conducted port visits in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Saipan, and Guam, and participated in five international exercises, including Pacific Reach 2004.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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