USS Phoenix (SSN-702)

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 Phoenix (SSN -702 ) was a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and was among the Los Angeles - class. Patron saint for she was the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

History

SSN -702 was given in 1973 in order and sent to the shipyard of Electric Boat in July 1977 in Kiel. After the launch in late 1979 followed by final outfitting and shipyard sea trials, the official commissioning ceremony took place in late 1981.

After a period of service of 16 and a half years actually a renewal of the nuclear fuel would have been queuing in the nuclear reactor of the boat. However, since the Phoenix 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 the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and waits for the dismantling, to be held in 2009 in the Ship- Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.