USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) - Definition and Overview

The USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)
Career
Ordered:	29 November 1982
Laid down:	2 March 1987
Launched:	23 April 1988
Commissioned:	9 September 1989
Fate:	Active in service as of 2005.
Homeport:	Bangor, Washington
General Characteristics
Displacement:	14802 tons light, 16854 tons full, 2052 tons dead
Length:	170.6 meters (560 feet)
Beam:	12.8 meters (42 feet)
Draft:	11.5 meters (38 feet)
Propulsion:	S8G reactor
Complement:	13 officers, 140 men
Armament:	MK-48 Torpedoes 24 Trident II D-5 Ballistic Missiles
Motto:	Virtue, Independence, Liberty

USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the second state.

The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 29 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 2 March 1987. She was launched on 23 April 1988 sponsored by Mrs. Marilyn Garrett, and commissioned on 9 September 1989, with Captain Richard M. Camp commanding the Blue Crew and Captain A. Lee Edwards commanding the Gold Crew.

On 29 September 1989, Pennsylvania ran aground as it entered the channel during its first visit to Port Canaveral, Florida. Tugboats freed the submarine in about two hours.

At least 15 years of history go here.

See USS Pennsylvania for other ships of the same name.

Pennsylvania in fiction

• In Tom Clancy's novel Debt of Honor, the Pennsylvania is one of several submarines sent to deal with the Japanese invasion of the Marinas Islands.

External links

• Photo (http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/images/sea/ssbn/ssbn730_01.jpg)

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.