| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 6 February 1987 |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1988 |
| Launched: | 23 March 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 7 November 1992 |
| Fate: | Active, in commission |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS Boise (SSN-764), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boise, Idaho. 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 25 August 1988. 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 23 March 1991 sponsored by Mrs. Louis McClure, and commissionedThe ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity. Yet, just as many developmental mileston on 7 November 1992 with Commander D. Mericle in command.
In 2002 Boise was assigned to the John F. Kennedy carrier battle group when the group took part in Operation Enduring Freedom.
See USS Boise for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the
Naval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.