USS Key West (SSN-722)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Key West.

USS Key West (SSN-722) entering Pearl Harbor
History
United States
NameKey West
NamesakeCity of Key West, Florida
BuilderNGNN
Laid down6 July 1983
Launched20 July 1985
Commissioned12 September 1987
Decommissioned21 September 2023
Out of service21 September 2023
HomeportNaval Base Kitsap-Bremerton[1]
StatusIn Commission, in Reserve (Stand Down), commencement of inactivation availability
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeLos Angeles-class submarine
Displacement5,799 tons light, 6,206 tons full, 407 tons dead
Length110.3 m (361.9 ft)
Beam10 m (32.8 ft)
Draft9.4 m (30.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%[2][3]
  • 2 × steam turbines (33,500) shp
  • 1 × shaft
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW)
Speed
  • Surfaced:20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
  • Submerged: In excess of 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) (official)
Test depthIn excess of 800 ft (243.8 m)
Complement16 officers, 127 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems		BQQ-10 ARCI passive sonar, BQS-15 high frequency active sonar, WLR-8 fire control radar receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder
Armament4 × 21 in (533 mm) midships torpedo tubes, 12 x bow vertical launch tubes (for BGM-109 Tomahawks), up to 25 horizontal reloads (combination of Mk48 ADCAP torpedo or Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km)), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines

USS Key West (SSN-722), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Key West, Florida.

  1. ^ SSN722
  2. ^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ "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.