USS San Francisco (SSN-711)
_Apra.jpg) The San Francisco 2004 in Apra Harbor, Guam |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | August 1, 1975 |
| Keel laying | May 26, 1977 |
| Launch | October 27, 1979 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | April 24, 1981 |
| 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 San Francisco (SSN-711) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles-class submarine to.
history
construction
Launched on October 27, 1979, the San Francisco was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard and entered service with the United States Navy on April 24, 1981 .
After the test drives off the east coast of the USA, the San Francisco moved to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. She also visited her hometown of San Francisco .
Calls
During their time in the Pacific, the San Francisco won the Battle E for excellent readiness in 1986 and 1988 , the T for excellent tactical operations in 1994 , and the Meritorious Unit Commendation . In between, 1989 and 1990, the boat spent a few months at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard , where she was upgraded with the latest sonar and fire control technology.
In 2000 the San Francisco moved to the east coast to Norfolk, in December 2002 then back to Apra Harbor on Guam in the Pacific .
Run aground
On January 8, 2005, the San Francisco ran 350 nautical miles south of Guam at full speed (approximately 35 knots) at 525 feet against an undersea mountain. The bow of the submarine was badly damaged, the front ballast tank was torn open and the sonar dome was completely destroyed. The boat was able to surface and return to Guam on its own on the surface, where it arrived on January 10th.
However, one crew member, 24-year-old Joseph Allen Ashley, died from his injuries on January 9th. Almost all of the seafarers on board suffered at least minor injuries, 29 of them still requiring hospital treatment.
An investigation report later showed that the nautical chart used for navigation did not show the mountain, but that it was indicated as a dangerous environment on other maps on board . The captain, Commander Kevin Mooney, was released from his command and transferred ashore, additional officers received reprimands and other crew members received awards for excellent behavior in an emergency situation.
After the first repairs in Guam, where diving was restored, the boat drove on the surface under its own power to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , where the San Francisco was completely restored in dry dock from December 2006. Since the nuclear fuel in the reactor was only refilled shortly before the accident and will last until 2017, the Navy decided to repair the boat. For this purpose, the bow of the decommissioned sister ship USS Honolulu (SSN-718) was cut off and welded to the San Francisco . Only on October 10, 2008, the San Francisco was launched again, in April 2009 she left the shipyard and was stationed in San Diego. The repair cost is said to have been $ 134 million.
In November 2010 the San Francisco was relocated back to Southeast Asia.
See also
Web links
- SSN-711 in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- official homepage ( Memento of March 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Detailed reports about the grounding (Engl.)