USS Providence (SSN-719)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Providence.

USS Providence (SSN-719)
USS Providence (SSN-719)
Providence transiting the Thames River, Connecticut
History
United States
NameUSS Providence
NamesakeCity of Providence
Awarded16 April 1979
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down14 October 1982
Launched4 August 1984
Acquired26 June 1985
Commissioned27 July 1985
Decommissioned22 August 2022
Out of service2 December 2021
Stricken22 August 2022
IdentificationUIC 21029
Motto
  • Providentia Remedium Belli
  • (Latin: "Providence for war is the best prevention for it")
StatusStricken, Final Disposition Pending
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeLos Angeles-class submarine
Displacement
  • 5,781 long tons (5,874 t) light
  • 6,184 long tons (6,283 t) full
  • 403 long tons (409 t) dead
Length110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%[1][2]
  • 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: +20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) (official)
Complement12 officers; 98 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems		BQQ-10 passive sonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, BYG-1 fire control, BLQ-10 radio and ESM, BPS-15H radar
Armament4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km), Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines
USS Providence sailors march in the 2007 Bristol Fourth of July Parade

USS Providence (SSN-719), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fifth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Providence, Rhode Island. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 14 October 1982. She was launched on 4 August 1984 sponsored by Mrs. William F. Smith, and commissioned on 27 July 1985.[3][4]

Providence is the first Los Angeles class submarine to be equipped with the Tomahawk missile Vertical Launch System (VLS). While others used test boxes and programs, Providence was the first submarine to launch a Tomahawk cruise missile from the VLS system using its combat system CCS MK1 and associated software Program C4.1.

  1. ^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Providence (SSN-719)". NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2021.