&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Norfolk_(SSN-714)_Arabian_Shark.jpg) USS Norfolk in 2008
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Norfolk |
| Namesake | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Awarded | 20 February 1976 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 1 August 1979 |
| Launched | 31 October 1981 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Caspar Weinberger |
| Commissioned | 21 May 1983 |
| Decommissioned | 11 December 2014 |
| Stricken | 11 December 2014 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Status | Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Norfolk_SSN-714_Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement | 5,751 tons light, 6,126 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 Norfolk (SSN-714), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Norfolk, Virginia.