&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Hyman_G._Rickover_(SSN-709).jpg) USS Hyman G. Rickover underway
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Hyman G. Rickover |
| Awarded | 10 December 1973 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Corporation |
| Laid down | 24 July 1981 |
| Launched | 27 August 1983 |
| Commissioned | 21 July 1984 |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 2006 |
| Stricken | 14 December 2006 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto | Committed To Excellence |
| Fate | Stricken, To be disposed of by submarine recycling |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:709insig.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement | 5,748 tons light, 6,123 tons full, 375 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 |
| Complement | 12 officers, 98 enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear Navy, and the only Los Angeles-class submarine not named after a United States city or town. She was initially to be named USS Providence; however, following the retirement of Admiral Rickover, her name was reassigned prior to official christening. SSN-719 was later given the name USS Providence.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 24 July 1981. She was launched on 27 August 1983 sponsored by the Admiral's wife, Mrs. Eleonore Ann Bednowicz Rickover. Hyman G. Rickover was commissioned on 21 July 1984.