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&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Houston_(SSN-713).jpg) USS Houston underway
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Houston |
| Namesake | City of Houston, Texas |
| Awarded | 1 August 1975 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 29 January 1979 |
| Launched | 21 March 1981 |
| Commissioned | 25 September 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 26 August 2016 |
| Stricken | 26 August 2016 |
| Homeport | Bremerton, Washington |
| Motto |
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| Status | Stricken, final disposition pending |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Houston_SSN_713_Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement | 5,744 tons light, 6,103 tons full, 359 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) |
| Depth | 1599 |
| Propulsion | S6G nuclear reactor |
| Complement | 12 officers, 98 enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Houston (SSN-713), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Houston, Texas. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 29 January 1979. She was launched on 21 March 1981 sponsored by Barbara Bush, wife of then Vice-President of the United States George H. W. Bush. Houston was commissioned on 25 September 1982.