| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 6 February 1987 |
| Laid down: | 17 August 1990 |
| Launched: | 3 October 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 16 September 1994 |
| Fate: | Active, in commission |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor |
| 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 Charlotte (SSN-766), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. 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 17 August 1990. 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 3 October 1992 sponsored by Mrs. Mary McComack, 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 16 September 1994, with Commander Michael Matthews in command.
See USS Charlotte for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.