 Groton alongside | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USSGroton |
| Namesake | Groton, Connecticut |
| Awarded | 31 January 1971 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Corporation |
| Laid down | 3 August 1973 |
| Launched | 9 October 1976 |
| Commissioned | 8 July 1978 |
| Decommissioned | 7 November 1997 |
| Stricken | 7 November 1997 |
| Fate | Disposed of by submarine recycling |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Los Angeles-classsubmarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
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| Test depth | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Complement | 12 officers; 98 enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bowtorpedo tubes |
USSGroton (SSN-694), the seventhLos Angeles-classsubmarine, was the third ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forGroton, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to theElectric Boat Division ofGeneral Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and herkeel was laid down on 3 August 1973. She waslaunched on 9 October 1976 sponsored by Mrs. Anne Francis Richardson (née Hazard), wife of Secretary of CommerceElliot L. Richardson, andcommissioned on 8 July 1978, withCommander R. William Vogel, III in command andMaster Chief Petty Officer Joseph Pow asChief of the Boat.
Groton departed on her first overseas deployment in March 1980 to the Indian Ocean. The submarine made her way back to the homeport of Groton, Connecticut by way of thePanama Canal.Groton completed the Around-the-World Cruise in October 1980.
Groton was decommissioned and stricken from theNaval Vessel Register on 7 November 1997. Ex-Groton was scheduled to enter the Nuclear PoweredShip and Submarine Recycling Program inBremerton, Washington 1 October 2011.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromGroton (SSN-694) at theNaval Vessel Register.This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.