USS Jefferson City (SSN-759)

The Jefferson City leads 1996, a group of war ships in the Persian Gulf
Overview
Order	November 26, 1984
Keel laying	September 21, 1987
Launch	17th August 1990
1. Period of service
Commissioning	February 29, 1992
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 , 12 VLS tubes

The USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles-class submarine to. It was named after the city of Jefferson City , Missouri .

history

The contract for the submarine was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding in 1984 . The keel was laid there in September 1987, and construction took almost three years. After the launch on August 17, 1990, the final equipment at the pier and test drives followed, on February 29, 1992, the Jefferson City was officially put into service.

In 1996, Jefferson City was involved in the Tomahawk attacks on targets in Iraq as part of Operation Desert Strike . In 2003 a longer overhaul and modernization phase followed in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard . In September 2007, the submarine relocated to the western Pacific and returned to San Diego in March 2008. The next trips into the same waters began in October 2009 and October 2011.

Web links

Commons : USS Jefferson City  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Official Homepage (Engl.)
• Unofficial site on the Jefferson City (Engl.)