USS Annapolis (SSN-760) - Definition and Overview

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) (back), USS Port Royal (CG 73) (middle) and USS Annapolis (SSN 760) (front)
Career
Awarded:	21 March 1986
Laid down:	15 June 1988
Launched:	18 May 1991
Commissioned:	11 April 1992
Status:	Active in service as of 2005.
Homeport:	Portsmouth, New Hampshire
General Characteristics
Displacement:	6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.4 meters (31 feet)
Propulsion:	one S6G reactor
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men

USS Annapolis (SSN-760), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Annapolis, Maryland, site of the United States Naval Academy. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 21 March 1986 and her keel was laid down on 15 June 1988. She was launched on 18 May 1991 sponsored by Mrs. Myrna F. Kauderer, and commissioned on 11 April 1992, with Commander Richard Servinghaus in command.

Annapolis entered Portsmouth Navy Yard for maintenance on 23 April 2003.

See USS Annapolis for other ships of the same name.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.