USS Louisville (SSN-724)

The Louisville 2006 in Pearl Harbor
Overview
Order	February 11, 1982
Keel laying	September 24, 1984
Launch	December 14, 1985
1. Period of service
Commissioning	November 8, 1986
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 Louisville (SSN-724) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the Los Angeles-class submarine . The boat is named after the city of Louisville , Kentucky .

history

construction

The Louisville was laid down at Electric Boat on September 24, 1984 and launched on December 14, 1985. The ship was christened by Mrs. Kinnaird McKee. The boat entered service with the United States Navy on November 8, 1986, with Captain Charles E. Ellis in command.

Mission history

In early 1991, the Louisville took part in Operation Desert Storm out of the Red Sea and on February 19 was the first submarine to shoot down a UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile in a submerged position . The boat had only recently left its home port of Pearl Harbor and had made the 14,000 nautical mile journey at top speed.

In 2002 and 2003, the submarine was involved in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom , and in the latter, in turn, was involved in shelling Iraq with cruise missiles. In 2010, she took part in exercises with the South Korean Navy aimed at deterring North Korea. In early 2012 she began a trip to the western Pacific.

Web links

Commons : USS Louisville  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Official Homepage (Engl.)