USS Cincinnati (SSN-693)
_with_submarines_at_Norfolk_1984.JPEG) The Cincinnati (back) with her sister boat Memphis |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | 4th February 1971 |
| Keel laying | April 6, 1974 |
| Launch | 19th February 1977 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | June 10, 1978 |
| Decommissioning | December 22, 1997 |
| 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 Cincinnati (SSN-693) was a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and belonged to the Los Angeles-class submarine to. The boat was named for Cincinnati , Ohio .
history
The contract to build SSN-693 was given to Newport News Shipbuilding in early 1971 , and in April 1974 the submarine was laid down at the company's shipyard in Newport News , Virginia . After a construction period of almost three years, the boat was launched in 1977 and was officially put into service by the Navy in mid-1978.
The boat served in the Atlantic fleet . In 1979 the boat was able to save a Finnish sailor who had fallen from the freighter Finnbeaver . He swam in the waters off the Florida coast for 22 hours.
On a mission in November 1980, when the Cincinnati was sailing in the Mediterranean, she was visited for a night on board by Admiral Hyman Rickover and the former US President Richard M. Nixon .
In 1996, after only 18 years of service, the Cincinnati was decommissioned. This saved the US Navy the cost of replacing the reactor fuel, which would have been due. The submarine is currently in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , where it will be demolished from 2009 in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program .
Web links
- Cincinnati in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- Unofficial homepage ( Memento from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )