USS San Juan (SSN-751)
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| Missing image USS_San_Juan_(SSN-751).jpg USS San Juan (SSN-751) returns to port) | |
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| Awarded: | 30 November 1982 |
| Laid down: | 9 August 1985 |
| Launched: | 6 December 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 6 August 1988 |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | Groton, Connecticut |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5790 tons light, 6197 tons full, 407 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
| Armament: | four 21-inch torpedo tubes, 12 vertical launch Tomahawks |
USS San Juan (SSN-751), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 1985. She was launched on 6 December 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Sherrill Hernandez, and commissioned on 6 August 1988, with Commander Charles Young in command.
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On 19 March 1998, south of Long Island, New York, San Juan collided with USS Kentucky (SSBN-737). Neither sub was seriously damaged, and no injuries occurred.
See USS San Juan for other ships of the same name.
External link
- Naval Vessel Register entry for USS San Juan (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/SSN751.htm)
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.
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