| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 31 October 1973 |
| Laid down: | 21 May 1979 |
| Launched: | 13 December 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 24 July 1982 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 10 July 1998 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5714 tons light, 6087 tons full, 373 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.7 meters (32 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS Baltimore (SSN-704), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General DynamicsGeneral Dynamics is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. It has changed markedly in the post- Cold War era of defense consolidation. Nicholas D. Chabraja is the CEO. Product lines as of 2002 Aerospace business aircraft Combat Systems Corporation in Groton, ConnecticutGroton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,907. Groton is the home of the Electric Boat Corporation, the major contractor for submarine work for the US Navy, on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 21 May 1979. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 13 December 1980 sponsored by the Honorable Marjorie S. Holt, and commissioned on 24 July 1982 with Captain Michael D. Bradley in command.
Baltimore was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 July 1998. Ex-Baltimore is scheduled to be disposed of through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.
See USS Baltimore for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.