USS Boston (SSN-703)
.jpg) The Boston in Mayport |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | December 10, 1973 |
| Keel laying | August 11, 1978 |
| Launch | April 19, 1980 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | January 30, 1982 |
| Decommissioning | November 19, 1999 |
| Whereabouts | Canceled |
| 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 Boston (SSN-703) 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 Boston , Massachusetts .
history
SSN-703 was commissioned from Electric Boat in 1973 and was laid down there in August 1978. The Boston spent 20 months in dry dock, and was launched on April 19, 1980. At the end of January 1982, the submarine was finally officially put into service.
After 17 years of service, Boston ended her career by participating in the UNITAS exercise , which takes place with numerous navies from South and Central America around the South American continent. On November 19, 1999, the boat was decommissioned.
In 2002, the dismantling in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ( Ship-Submarine Recycling Program ) was completed. Only the rudder and tower have been preserved and are now on display in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo , New York .
In fiction
Boston plays a role in Tom Clancy's novel The Storm . She is involved in the bombardment of Russian airfields with BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles .
