USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) - Definition

USS Indianapolis (SSN-697)
	Career
Awarded:	24 January 1972
Laid down:	19 October 1974
Launched:	30 July 1977
Commissioned:	5 January 1980
Fate:	submarine recycling
Decommissioned	22 December 1998
Stricken:	22 December 1998
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5784 tons light, 6154 tons full, 370 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.7 meters (32 feet)
Propulsion:	one S6G reactor
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men

USS Indianapolis (SSN-697), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Indianapolis, Indiana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 19 October 1974. She was launched on 30 July 1977 sponsored by Mrs. William G. Bray, and commissioned on 5 January 1980, with Commander Harry P. Salmon, Jr., in command.

19 years of history go here

Indianapolis was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 December 1998 and stored in Pearl Harbor until disposed of by submarine recycling.

See USS Indianapolis for other ships of the same name.

References

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