USS Albuquerque (SSN-706)
6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged
110.3 m
10 m
9.7 m
12 officers, 115 teams
A S6G reactor
30 nodes
4533 -mm torpedo tubes
The USS Albuquerque ( SSN -706 ) is a hunting submarine (SSN ) of the Los Angeles-class and is the second ship of the United States Navy, named after Albuquerque, the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico.
History
The construction contract was awarded to the Electric Boat shipyard by General Dynamics, keel laying was on 27 December 1979. The naming ceremony was performed on March 13, 1982 by Nancy L. Domenici. Towards the end of 1983 became the Albuquerque their operational capacity, after they had gone through extensive testing, tests, inspections and certifications.
Beginning of 1984, she came again for the post in the yard of EB to sea again on 15 March. In May, she became the Florida coast ordered to final weapons tests and to participate in a summer fleet exercises and a midshipmen training course. In August, the Albuquerque started out with regular service ( standard operations ) from their home port. By the end of the year she was in the Atlantic service to make minor repairs and perform maintenance at Electric Boat in December.
1985 began the boat with sonar exercises and additional weapons training in their traditional area of operations until mid-June on the high seas. Then it was again summoned before the coast of Florida to act as a training ship for Commander aspirants. By December, she led then standard service from her home port of.
On 14 January 1986, the Albuquerque went for a two-month maintenance to Electric Boat. In March changed ships between standard service and maintenance. Between 19 May and 14 September of the Albuquerque visited several ports in Scotland. From November 4 to December 7, she participated in fleet exercises in part and then to mid-December at an ASW training.
On the evening of July 17, 1996, the Albuquerque operated in the waters around Long Iceland, New York, a connection with the crash of the Trans-World Airlines Flight 800 was out of the Navy but officially denied.
In 1999, the Albuquerque on a six-month turn in the Mediterranean part along with the task force to the USS Theodore Roosevelt ( CVN -71). During this mission she fired ten Tomahawk cruise missiles in Serbian -controlled targets in Yugoslavia. In this case, the submarine stood out so much that it earned the nickname Sure Shooter (Safe contactors) by the Association. During this mission, it also visited various ports such as Naples, La Maddalena, and Toulon.
During her first reactor filling ( Engineered Refueling Overhaul), which lasted 22 months, the maintenance work than the most efficient and fastest work has been recognized that were ever performed on a nuclear submarine.
During this phase, the " Skipper" ( commander) Burroughs of Commander Stuart Munch was replaced. According to a major overhaul in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, the Albuquerque end of 2003 was ordered back to Groton.
From 13 October 2004 until April 12, 2005 was operating the boat as part of the carrier battle group led by the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN -75). She touched at ports in Scotland, Portugal, Bahrain, the Seychelles and on Crete. During this mission, the unit became the Squadron 2 Battle Efficiency Award for 2004 ( efficiency award from the 2nd Squadron 2004). After that Albuquerque was again ordered back to Groton to take as part of the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet Submarine Group 2 ( Submarine Group 2) again standard service.
In July 2005, the Feuerleitunteroffizier deserted ( Petty Officer Third Class) Ariel Weinmann, but was detained in August 2006. According to the indictment, he is said to have passed confidential and secret information to contact people of foreign powers in March 2005, October 2005 and in Vienna in March 2005 in Mexico ().
2009 Albuquerque from the Naval Submarine Base New London was laid in the Atlantic to the Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego. This was part of the plan to home to 60% of the U- boat fleet in the Pacific.