_away_from_its_pier.jpg) USS La Jolla (SSN-701) departing Pearl Harbor
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS La Jolla |
| Namesake | The Community of La Jolla, California |
| Ordered | 10 December 1973 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 16 October 1976 |
| Launched | 11 August 1979 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Bob Wilson |
| Commissioned | 24 October 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 2019 |
| Out of service | 3 February 2015 |
| Homeport | Goose Creek, South Carolina |
| Motto | |
| Status | Currently a moored training ship at the Charleston Nuclear Power Training Unit |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement | 5774 tons light, 6141 tons full, 367 tons dead |
| Length | 362 ft (110 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × S6G reactor, single screw |
| Complement | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS La Jolla (SSN-701/MTS-701), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is named for La Jolla, California. 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 16 October 1976. She was launched on 11 August 1979 sponsored by Mrs. Jean Bryant Wilson, wife of Congressman Bob Wilson, and commissioned on 24 October 1981.[1] In 2017, La Jolla was converted to a Moored Training Ship and is currently stationed at NPTU Charleston in Goose Creek, SC.