USS Seawolf (SSN-21)
Seawolf during exercise Odin One |
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Overview | |
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Order | January 9, 1989 |
Keel laying | October 25, 1989 |
Launch | June 24, 1995 |
1. Period of service | |
Commissioning | July 19, 1997 |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
9,137 standard tons |
length |
108 meters |
width |
12.2 meters |
Draft |
11 meters |
Diving depth | > 240 m |
crew |
12 officers and 121 men |
drive |
S6W pressurized water reactor, pump jet drive |
speed |
> 25 knots |
Armament |
8 × 660 mm torpedo tubes |
The USS Seawolf (SSN-21) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and the lead ship of Seawolf-class submarine .
history
Construction and test drives
The keel laying of the nuclear submarine took place on October 25, 1989 at Electric Boat , the launch was delayed due to problems with the steel used for the first time on June 1995. Margaret Dalton, the wife of Minister of the Navy John Howard Dalton , was after christened the fish species sea wolves . Until July 5, 1996, led Seawolf through their first tests, the official commissioning ceremony at the US Navy took place a year later instead. Further tests were carried out until 2001.
Calls
The first mission of the USS Seawolf began in June 2001. 65% of the crew (plus 11 of 14 officers) were on their first mission. The boat crossed the Atlantic and ran into Faslane-on-Clyde, Scotland . However, the terrorist attacks of September 11 ended the stay and the maintenance work planned there early. The Seawolf left the base and headed west, where she met the aircraft carrier combat group around the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) in the middle of the Atlantic and ran with this towards the Mediterranean. There she left the group and first took part in a NATO exercise against diesel-electric submarines. She later met with the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) off La Maddalena to take new food on board and traded torpedoes for cruise missiles in preparation for war in Afghanistan. Nothing was known about operations during Operation Enduring Freedom .
On October 30, 2002, the Seawolf returned to the EB shipyard for a three-week overhaul. The overhaul was carried out by the US Navy, the shipyard was leased for it. In the summer of 2003 the Seawolf took part in the NATO exercise Odin-One in the North Sea, a submarine hunting operation. In 2006 the boat operated in the Pacific, moored among others in Apra Harbor , Guam. In 2007 the Seawolf was relocated from Naval Submarine Base New London to Naval Base Kitsap . In 2009, she participated in exercises with the Japanese Navy alongside the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) .
Web links
- Official Website of the SSN-21 (English).
- Pictures of the Seawolf at navsource.org (engl.)