USS Pasadena (SSN-752)
.JPEG) Pasadena leaves Pearl Harbor in 1998 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | November 30, 1982 |
| Keel laying | December 20, 1985 |
| Launch | September 12, 1987 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | February 11, 1989 |
| 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 Pasadena (SSN-752) 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 Pasadena , California .
history
SSN-752 was commissioned in 1982 and laid down at Electric Boat in late 1985 . After a construction period of well under two years and an additional one and a half years for final equipment and testing, the Pasadena was put into service in February 1989. Pasadena remained in the Atlantic until October 1990 and then transferred to San Diego .
In July 1991 the Pasadena was the first boat of the improved Los Angeles class ( 688 (I) ) that was relocated to a mission here for six months in the Western Pacific. The next mission, from June 1993, took the boat into the Persian Gulf. In 1995, it was the first US Navy SSN to hold exercises with the Indian Navy , and the first nuclear-powered submarine to moor in Muscat , Oman . A shipyard lay-in period ( Selected Restricted Availability ) followed from June 1996 .
Subsequently, from November, the Pasadena was relocated to Pearl Harbor , from where it took part in the UNITAS exercise in 1997 .
In 2005, after the seaquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004, Pasadena helped the people in need there as part of Operation Unified Assistance . From autumn 2007, the submarine drove six months in the western Pacific, and also in the second half of 2009. In summer 2010, the Pasadena took part in the multinational exercise RIMPAC. In September 2011, the submarine was docked in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , where it underwent extensive modernization.
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- Official homepage ( Memento of October 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )