USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723)
The Oklahoma City in 2005 in Norfolk |
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Overview | |
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Order | August 13, 1981 |
Keel laying | 4th January 1984 |
Launch | 2nd November 1985 |
1. Period of service | |
Commissioning | July 9, 1988 |
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 Oklahoma City (SSN-723) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles-class submarine to. It is named after the city of Oklahoma City .
history
The Oklahoma City was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding on January 4, 1984 and launched on November 2, 1985. The ship was christened by Mrs. Linda M. Nickles. The boat entered service with the US Navy on July 9, 1988, with Commander Joseph J. Krol, Jr.
On November 13, 2002, Oklahoma City collided with the liquefied natural gas tanker Norman Lady in the Strait of Gibraltar . There were no injuries and no environmental hazard, but Oklahoma City was damaged at the periscope and the tower . The submarine entered the port of La Maddalena in Sardinia , where repairs were carried out.
In mid-2004 the "OKC" left Norfolk to conduct a routine patrol. To do this, she dived through the Arctic Ocean into the Pacific, fulfilled her mission there and returned to Norfolk on January 4, 2005 through the Panama Canal .
In mid-2005, the submarine was the first in the fleet to be certified for the exclusive use of digital nautical charts, part of the Smart Ship Project . In May 2008 the boat relocated for the second time using the system only. Subsequently, the Oklahoma City was overhauled for over two years in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard .
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register
- Official homepage ( Memento of April 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )