USS Louisville (SSN-724)

6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged

110.3 m

10 m

9.7 m

12 officers, 115 teams

A S6G reactor

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The USS Louisville ( SSN -724 ) is a nuclear submarine of the Los Angeles-class. The boat is named after the city of Louisville in Kentucky.

History

Construction

The Louisville was founded on September 24, 1984 set at Electric Boat in Kiel and launched on December 14, 1985. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs. Kinnaird McKee. The boat was made ​​in the United States Navy on November 8, 1986 in service, their commander was Captain Charles E. Ellis.

Service history

Beginning of 1991, the Louisville from the Red Sea out in Operation Desert Storm and was a February 19, the first U- boat, which dipped a cruise missile UGM -109 Tomahawk shot down in combat. The boat had recently set sail from its home port Pearl Harbor and had the 14,000 -nautical mile journey at top speed put behind him.

2002 and 2003 the submarine was involved in the operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, and in the latter, in turn, involved in the bombardment of Iraq with cruise missiles. In 2010 she took part in exercises with the South Korean Navy, which had the deterrence of North Korea to the destination. In early 2012 she began a journey into the western Pacific.