USS Baltimore (SSN-704) - Definition

U.S. Navy photo N-2381V-002 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Chris Vickers
Career
Awarded:	31 October 1973
Laid down:	21 May 1979
Launched:	13 December 1980
Commissioned:	24 July 1982
Decommissioned:	10 July 1998
Fate:	submarine recycling
Stricken:	10 July 1998
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5714 tons light, 6087 tons full, 373 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.7 meters (32 feet)
Propulsion:	one S6G reactor
Propulsion:	one S6G reactor
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men

USS Baltimore (SSN-704), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 21 May 1979. She was launched on 13 December 1980 sponsored by the Honorable Marjorie S. Holt, and commissioned on 24 July 1982 with Captain Michael D. Bradley in command.

16 years of history go here

Baltimore was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 July 1998. Ex-Baltimore is scheduled to be disposed of through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.

See USS Baltimore for other ships of the same name.

References

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