USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708)
.jpg) The Minneapolis Saint Paul at sea |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | October 31, 1973 |
| Keel laying | January 20, 1981 |
| Launch | March 19, 1983 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | March 10, 1984 |
| Decommissioning | August 28, 2008 |
| 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 Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708) 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 twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul , Minnesota , which together form the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
history
SSN-708 was commissioned in 1973 and laid down at Electric Boat in early 1981 . The launch of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul , baptized by Penny Durenberger (the wife of Senator David Durenberger ) took place in March 1983, the official commissioning with the Navy a year later.
In 1990/91, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul took part in the Desert Shield and Desert Strom operations; it carried the first BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles , which were specifically intended for targets in Iraq. 1992, immediately afterwards a shipyard layover.
On December 29, 2006, two sailors died when the boat began to submerge in Plymouth , England while work was taking place on the outer hull. The commandant, Commander Edwin Ruff, was relieved of his command at the beginning of 2007 and transferred to a post ashore as a result of this incident.
On August 28, 2008, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul was decommissioned in the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard . It is canceled in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program .
