USS Albuquerque (SSN-706)

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Albuquerque underway on the surface in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004, a multinational exercise being conducted off the coast of Morocco
History
United States
Name	USS Albuquerque
Namesake	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Awarded	31 October 1973
Builder	General Dynamics Corporation
Laid down	27 December 1979
Launched	13 March 1982
Commissioned	21 May 1983
Decommissioned	27 February 2017
Out of service	16 October 2015
Stricken	27 February 2017
Homeport	Bremerton, Washington
Motto	Silentum Excubitor (Latin for "Silent Sentinel")
Status	Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
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General characteristics
Class and type	Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement	5,758 tons light, 6,120 tons full, 362 tons dead
Length	110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	S6G nuclear reactor
Speed	Surfaced: 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) Submerged: +20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) (official)
Complement	12 officers, 98 men
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km), Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines
Service record
Part of:	Submarine Group 2
Operations:	Kosovo War

USS Albuquerque (SSN-706) was a Los Angeles-class attack submarine of the United States Navy. She was the second U.S. warship to be named for Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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 27 December 1979. She was launched on 13 March 1982, sponsored by Nancy L. Domenici, and commissioned on 21 May 1983.^[1][2]