USS Baltimore (SSN-704)

The Baltimore with George Washington and Samuel B. Roberts
Overview
Order	October 31, 1973
Keel laying	May 21, 1979
Launch	December 13, 1980
1. Period of service
Commissioning	July 24, 1982
Decommissioning	July 10, 1998
Whereabouts	Is cancelled
Technical specifications
displacement	6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged
length	110.3 m
width	10 m
Draft	9.7 m
Diving depth	approx. 300 m
crew	12 officers, 115 men
drive	An S6G reactor
speed	30+ knots
Armament	4 533 mm torpedo tubes

The USS Baltimore (SSN-704) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and belonged to the Los Angeles-class submarine to. It was named after the city of Baltimore , Maryland .

history

SSN-704 was commissioned in 1973 and laid down at the Electric Boat shipyard in May 1979. After the launch at the end of 1980, the final equipment and shipyard test drives followed. Godmother was Congresswoman Marjorie Holt from Maryland. The official commissioning took place in mid-1982.

After 16 years of service, the nuclear fuel in the boat's reactor should have been replaced. However, since the Baltimore belonged to the first construction lot of its class and, unlike newer boats, had no vertical launching system , the money for the overhaul and the annual operating costs were saved and the boat was decommissioned. The submarine is currently being scrapped, which has been taking place in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard since 2013 .

Web links

Commons : USS Baltimore (SSN-704)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Images on navsource.org (Engl.)