USS Philadelphia
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Philadelphia |
Namesake | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Awarded | 8 January 1971[1] |
Builder | General Dynamics Corporation[1] |
Laid down | 12 August 1972[1] |
Launched | 19 October 1974[1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Marian Huntington Scott |
Commissioned | 25 June 1977 |
Decommissioned | 25 June 2010[2] |
In service | 33 years |
Stricken | 25 June 2010 |
Homeport | Groton, Connecticut |
Identification |
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Motto |
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Nickname(s) | Philly |
Honors and awards | |
Status | Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
Displacement |
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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, 2 turbines, 35,000 hp (26 MW), 1 auxiliary motor 325 hp (242 kW), 1 shaft |
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Test depth | 290 m (950 ft) |
Complement | 12 Officers; 98 Enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Philadelphia (SSN-690), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Philadelphia.