| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 19 April 1982 |
| Laid down: | 28 March 1985 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 11 July 1987 |
| Fate: | Active, in commission |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5808 tons light, 6203 tons full, 395 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 Helena (SSN-725), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics 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 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. 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 28 June 1986 sponsored by by Mrs. Jean Busey, 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 11 July 1987, with Commander Thomas Moore in command.
See USS Helena 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.