USS Tennessee (SSBN-734)
 Tennessee in the Kings Bay base |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | January 7, 1982 |
| Keel laying | June 9, 1986 |
| Launch | December 13, 1986 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | 17th December 1988 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
16,764 tons surfaced, 18,750 tons submerged |
| length |
170.7 m |
| width |
12.8 m |
| Draft |
11.1 m |
| crew |
15 officers, 140 sailors |
| drive |
An S8G reactor |
| speed |
20+ kn submerged |
| Armament |
24 ICBMs, 4 torpedo tubes |
The USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and belongs Ohio class at. As a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), it carries 24 ICBMs .
history
Construction of the submarine was approved in early 1982. The SSBN-734 was laid down in June 1986 at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton , Connecticut, part of the General Dynamics group . After only six months in dry dock, SSBN-734 was launched and was christened Tennessee by Mrs. Landess Kelso . Two years later, at the end of 1988, it was officially taken over into the US Navy.
As the ninth boat in its class, the Tennessee was the first to be equipped to carry the new UGM-133A Trident II . In 2009 the boat began an overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard which lasted until the end of July 2011. In addition to maintenance and modernization work, the reactor was also filled with new fuel that will power the Tennessee for another 25 years.
Web links
- Images on navsource.org (Engl.)