Sailors aboard USS Montpelier prepare to moor at Naval Station Norfolk in 2003
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Montpelier |
Namesake | The City of Montpelier, Vermont |
Awarded | 6 February 1987 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 19 May 1989 |
Launched | 23 August 1991 |
Commissioned | 13 March 1993 |
Homeport | Naval Station Norfolk (Currently Norfolk Naval Shipyard for overhaul) |
Motto | |
Nickname(s) | "Mighty Monty" |
Status | In active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | |
Complement | 12 officers, 98 men |
Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 12 × vertical launch Tomahawk missiles |
USS Montpelier (SSN-765), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Montpelier, Vermont. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 19 May 1989. She was christened 6 April 1991, launched on 23 August 1991 sponsored by Mrs. Nancy Hayes Sununu, and commissioned on 13 March 1993 with Commander Victor Fiebig in command.[not verified in body]