USS Tennessee (SSBN-734)
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| Missing image USS_Tennessee_(SSBN-734).jpg The USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | |
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| Ordered: | 7 January 1982 |
| Laid down: | 9 June 1986 |
| Launched: | 13 December 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 1988 |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | Kings Bay, Georgia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14774 tons light, 16826 tons full, 2052 tons dead |
| Length: | 170.6 m (560 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Draft: | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
| Propulsion: | one S8G reactor |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 140 men |
| Armament: | MK-48 Torpedoes
24 Trident II D-5 Ballistic Missiles |
| Motto: | America At Its Best |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 16th state.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 7 January 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 June 1986. She was launched on 13 December 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Landess Kelso, and commissioned on 17 December 1988, with Captain D. Witzenburg in command of the Blue Crew and Captain Kenneth D. Baker in command of the Gold Crew.
See USS Tennessee for other ships of the same name.
Tennessee in fiction
- In Tom Clancy's novel Debt of Honor, the Tennessee is one of several submarines sent to deal with the Japanese invasion of the Marianas Islands.
- In Tom Clancy's novel Executive Orders, the Tennessee is one of the US navy's submarines monitoring Chinese fleet exercises.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
| Ohio-class submarine |
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SSGN 726 Class: |
| List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy |