USS Bremerton (SSN-698)

The Bremerton on the pier in Pearl Harbor
Overview
Order	January 24, 1972
Keel laying	May 8, 1976
Launch	July 22, 1978
1. Period of service
Commissioning	March 28, 1981
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 Bremerton (SSN-698) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the Los Angeles-class submarine . The boat is named for Bremerton , Washington State . She is the oldest in service submarine in the United States Navy .

history

The Bremerton was commissioned in 1972 and laid down at Electric Boat in May 1978 . After a little over two years in the dry dock and the final equipment, the first test drives followed, and in March 1981 the submarine was put into service. The Bremerton then headed east through the Indian Ocean into the Pacific and reached her home port of Pearl Harbor on Hawaii in October . Bremerton was later relocated to San Diego .

In 1999 the Bremerton was involved with the USS David R. Ray (DD-971) in the sinking of the general cargo freighter M / V New Carissa , which ran aground off Oregon . In 2003 the boat called at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard , where the reactor was refilled and overhauled. In mid-2008 the Bremerton relocated to the West Pacific and returned to Pearl Harbor in early 2009. In summer 2010 she took part in the multinational exercise RIMPAC, and in April 2011 the submarine began another mission to the western Pacific.

Web links

Commons : USS Bremerton (SSN-698)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official Homepage (English)