USS Alabama (SSBN-731)

Surfaced 16,764 tons, 18,750 tons submerged

170.7 m

12.8 m

11.1 m

15 officers, 140 sailors

A S8G reactor

Dipped 20 kn

24 ICBMs, 4 torpedo tubes

The USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Ohio - class. As Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear she leads with 24 ICBMs.

History

The Alabama was in 1980 at Electric Boat Keel-laying and left there in 1984 by the stack. A year later, the boat was put into service in the United States Navy.

The ship sails in the Pacific patrols on nuclear deterrence, including the 100th patrol of a Trident - boat in 1988. During the same year, the Alabama successfully carried out a test launch of a Trident I C4.

After 47 runs, the Alabama was subjected to an intensive overhaul in 1999 which, among other things, its missile system has been upgraded to the new Trident II D5 can absorb.

In fiction

The Alabama plays the main role in the movie Crimson Tide - In the lowest risk of 1995.