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	Career
Three polar bears investigate Honolulu near the North Pole.
Awarded:	15 September 1977
Laid down:	10 November 1981
Launched:	24 September 1983
Commissioned:	6 July 1985
Fate:	Active, in commission
Homeport:	Pearl Harbor
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5700 tons light, 6068 tons full, 368 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
Motto	Maka `Ala Mau ("Always Vigilant")

USS Honolulu (SSN-718), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News ShipbuildingNewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company NNS is the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States and the only one that can build Nimitz class supercarriers. It is located in Newport News, Virginia, and often participates in projects with the and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, VirginiaNewport News is an independent city located in Virginia. It is on the southern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of Hampton Roads. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 180,150. The name of Newport News has ever been a on 15 September 1977 and her keel was laid down on 10 November 1981. 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 24 September 1983 sponsored by Mrs. Joan B. Clark, and commissioned on 6 July 1985, with Capt. Robert M. Mitchell in command.

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References

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