| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 26 November 1984 |
| Laid down: | 29 August 1986 |
| Launched: | 3 July 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1991 |
| Fate: | Active, in commission |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5742 tons light, 6145 tons full, 403 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 Scranton (SSN-756), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton, Pennsylvania. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 29 August 1986. 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 July 1989 sponsored by Mrs. Darah McDade, 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 26 January 1991, with Commander J.G. Meyers in command.
See USS Scranton for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.