USSJefferson City (SSN-759), aLos Angeles-classsubmarine, is the only ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forJefferson City, Missouri. The contract to build her was awarded toNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company inNewport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 21 September 1987. She waslaunched on 17 August 1990 sponsored by Mrs. Susan A. Skelton, andcommissioned on 29 February 1992, with Commander Russell Harris in command.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USSJefferson City |
| Namesake | The City ofJefferson City, Missouri |
| Awarded | 26 November 1984 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 21 September 1987 |
| Launched | 17 August 1990 |
| Commissioned | 29 February 1992 |
| Homeport | Naval Base Guam |
| Motto | When Any Exigence Calls |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 | |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 12 officers, 98 men |
| Sensors and processing systems | AN/BQQ-5 active/passive suitesonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, WLR-8 fire controlradar receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads,Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km),Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines |
Jefferson City launched twoBlock III Tomahawks as part ofa strike on Iraq on 3 September 1996.[3]
Homeport is theNaval Base Guam.[4]
References
edit- ^"International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved27 February 2022.
- ^"Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors"(PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved27 February 2022.
- ^Robinson, John (5 September 1996)."Tomahawk launch breaks submarine silence".Defense Daily. Archived fromthe original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved27 May 2015.
- ^"USS Jefferson City Arrives in Guam for Change of Homeport".Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 16 December 2021. Retrieved28 October 2023.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in thepublic domain. The entry can be foundhere.
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