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USS San Juan (SSN-751), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. 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, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 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 6 December 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Sherrill Hernandez, and commissioned on 6 August 1988, with Commander Charles Young in command.

San Juan was the first LA-class boat to receive a number of improvements to the class's basic design. San Juan and all following submarines in her class are quieter, incorporate an advanced BSY-1 sonar suite combat system, and are able to lay mines from their torpedo tubes. Their forward diving planes have been moved from the sail to the bow and the sail has been strengthened for breaking through ice.

On 19 March 1998, south of Long Island, New York, San Juan collided with Kentucky (SSBN-737). Neither sub was seriously damaged, and no injuries occurred.

See USS San Juan for other ships of the same name.

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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.