USS Philadelphia (SSN-690)

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 Philadelphia ( SSN -690 ) was a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy. It was named after the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was the third boat of the Los Angeles-class.

History

SSN -690 was commissioned in 1971 and laid in August 1972 as the first unit of the class at Electric Boat in Kiel. The construction lasted just over two years, in October 1974 the boat was launched. After almost three years for final outfitting and sea trials, the Philadelphia was put into service in June 1977.

Until 1991, the Philadelphia contributed from six patrol car, then she took part in Operation Desert Storm. By 2005, followed by another seven relocations, all. In the North Atlantic Ocean, the Persian Gulf or the Mediterranean In 1999 the boat was docked and modified so that it can carry a Dry Deck Shelter. 2003, Philadelphia was the first unit of the Los Angeles-class that can boast 1000 dives.

On the last mission trip in 2005, on 5 September, the Philadelphia rammed the sailing under the Turkish flag cargo ship M / V Yaso Aysen. The collision, which took place 30 miles off the coast of Bahrain, was only slightly, there were no casualties. The submarine suffered only superficial damage, including damage to the hull of the freighter was reviewed by the United States Coast Guard and then explains the ship seaworthy. 2007 moved the Philadelphia then with four destroyers of the Arleigh Burke class and the cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG -64) as escort the carrier USS Enterprise ( CVN -65) as part of the anti-terrorist struggle. In July 2009, the Philadelphia moved for the last time for six months in the Atlantic.

On June 25, 2010, at 33rd anniversary of the commissioning, the Philadelphia was decommissioned. Following the decomposition in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard began the nuclear propulsion system is disposed of in the Ship- Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

In fiction

The Philadelphia played a greater role in the seventh episode of the television series NCIS.