USS Indianapolis (SSN-697)

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 Indianapolis ( SSN -697 ) was a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles- class. It was named after the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.

History

SSN -697 was announced in early 1972 in order and was placed in October 1974 at Electric Boat in Kiel. After a construction period of just under three years, the boat was launched in July 1977 and was baptized. Godmother was the wife of William G. Bray, a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for Indiana. Early 1980, the Indianapolis was officially put into service.

After serving almost exactly 19 years ago is actually a renewal of the nuclear fuel would have been queuing in the nuclear reactor of the boat. However, since the Indianapolis belonged to the first contract section of their class and, unlike newer boats, no Vertical Launching System owned, the money has been saved for the overhaul and annual operating costs and made the boat out of service. Currently, the boat is in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, waiting for the dismantling, to be held in 2012 in the Ship- Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.