USS Baton Rouge

History
United States
Name	USS Baton Rouge
Namesake	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Awarded	8 January 1971
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down	18 November 1972
Launched	26 April 1975
Sponsored by	Mrs. F. Edward Hebert
Commissioned	25 June 1977
Decommissioned	13 January 1995
Stricken	13 January 1995
Fate	Submarine recycling
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General characteristics
Class and type	Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement	5,723 tons (surfaced) 6,927 tons (submerged)[1]
Length	110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	S6G nuclear reactor, 2 turbines, 35,000 hp (26 MW), 1 auxiliary motor 325 hp (242 kW), 1 shaft
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h) surfaced 33 knots (61 km/h) submerged 35 knots
Test depth	290 m (950 ft)
Complement	12 officers; 98 enlisted
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes Mark 48 torpedo Harpoon missiles Tomahawk cruise missile

USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine which served with the United States Navy. With her keel laid down on 18 November 1972, Baton Rouge was launched on 26 April 1975. She became the second Los Angeles-class submarine to be commissioned, on 25 June 1977. In 1995, she was the first of her class to be decommissioned, after a collision with a Russian Sierra-class submarine.

Baton Rouge was the first and currently only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baton Rouge, Louisiana.