 Charlotte carrying anAdvanced SEAL Delivery System minisub off the coast ofOahu | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSCharlotte |
| Namesake | The city ofCharlotte, North Carolina |
| Awarded | 6 February 1987 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 17 August 1990 |
| Launched | 3 October 1992 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Mary McCormack |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1994 |
| Homeport | Naval Station Pearl Harbor |
| Motto | Silent Stinger |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Los Angeles-classsubmarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Complement | 12 officers, 98 men |
| Armament |
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USSCharlotte (SSN-766), aLos Angeles-classsubmarine, is the fourth ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forCharlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded toNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company inNewport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. Sponsored by Mrs. Mary McComack, she waslaunched on 3 October 1992 andcommissioned on 16 September 1994. She arrived at her homeport ofNaval Station Pearl Harbor on 17 November 1995.[3]
On 29 November 2005,Charlotte arrived inNorfolk, Virginia, having taken the northern route fromPearl Harbor, under theArctic ice cap. Along the way, she surfaced at theNorth Pole through 61 inches of ice, a record for aLos Angeles-classsubmarine.[4]
On 24 October 2007,Charlotte returned to Pearl Harbor fromNorfolk Naval Shipyard after nearly two years in a Depot Modernization Period.[5]
Charlotte has completed a total of five Western Pacific deployments.[6][7][8][9][10] In February 1998, she was deployed to thePersian Gulf as part of a multinational military buildup of naval, air, and land forces that included more than 30 American warships and twocarrier battle groups.[6]Charlotte and the other American and British warships were deployed as a deterrent in caseIraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein failed to honor his commitment to the United Nations to allow arms inspectors into Iraq.[11] She completed a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific on 13 May 2016.[10]
Charlotte participated inRIMPAC 2022.[12]
InTom Clancy's 1994 bookDebt of Honor, USSCharlotte is sunk by the Japanese subHarushio along with her sister shipUSS Asheville.
USSCharlotte also makes an appearance inDan Brown's 2001 novelDeception Point, where it plays an important role taking covert missions to the Arctic.
USSCharlotte is featured alongside sister shipUSS Dallas in the 2013John Ringo novelUnder A Graveyard Sky.
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