USS Jacksonville

USS Jacksonville (on the right) in 2003
History
United States
NameUSS Jacksonville
NamesakeCity of Jacksonville, Florida
Ordered24 January 1972
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down21 February 1976
Launched18 November 1978
Commissioned16 May 1981
Decommissioned16 November 2021[1]
Out of service1 May 2018
StatusDecommissioned[1]
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General characteristics
Class and typeLos Angeles-class submarine
Displacement5,720 tons light, 6,149 tons full, 429 tons dead
Length110.3 m (362 ft)
Beam10 m (33 ft)
Draft9.7 m (32 ft)
PropulsionOne S6G reactor
Complement12 officers, 98 men

USS Jacksonville (SSN-699), a nuclear powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine, is the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Jacksonville, Florida.

Jacksonville was overhauled and modernized in 1988 and over the career span was involved in four collisions between 1982 and 2013. After completing a final deployment in 2017, ending 36 years of active service, the submarine was decommissioned in 2021.

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