USS Hartford (SSN-768)

	USS Hartford returns to New London after collision with USS New Orleans. Damage to the sail is visible.
History
United States
Name	USS Hartford
Namesake	The City of Hartford, Connecticut
Awarded	30 June 1988
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down	22 February 1992
Launched	4 December 1993
Sponsored by	Mrs. Laura O'Keefe, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe
Commissioned	10 December 1994
Homeport	New London, Connecticut
Motto	"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement	6,000 long tons (6,096 t) light; 6,927 long tons (7,038 t) full; 6,927 long tons (7,038 t) dead;
Length	110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%; 2 × steam turbines (33,500) shp; 1 × shaft; 1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW);
Complement	12 officers, 98 men
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 12 × vertical launch Tomahawk missiles

USS Hartford (SSN-768), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 22 February 1992. She was launched on 4 December 1993 sponsored by Laura O'Keefe, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe, and commissioned on 10 December 1994, with Commander George Kasten in command.

In October 2007, the submarine successfully launched and recovered an AN/BLQ-11 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)—the first such operation from a submarine. The vehicle was launched via one of the boat's torpedo tubes and recovered with the help of a 60-foot robotic arm.^[3]

^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ Friedman, Norman (20 December 2012). "Submarines and Their Future". Defense Media Network. p. 2. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

[1] "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[2] "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[3] Friedman, Norman (20 December 2012). "Submarines and Their Future". Defense Media Network. p. 2. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

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