USS Scranton (SSN-756)

6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged

110.3 m

10 m

9.7 m

12 officers, 115 teams

A S6G reactor

30 nodes

The USS Scranton (SSN -756 ) is a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles- class. It is named after the city of Scranton in Pennsylvania.

History

The order for SSN -756 was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding in November 1984. At the shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, the keel of the boat was laid in August 1986. After almost three years in the dry dock the Scranton was launched, her godfather was Sarah McDade. The commissioning of the boat took place on 26 January 1991.

The Scranton was the first in NNS -made modular submarine. In this case, no keel laying will take place more, instead, individual sections equipped almost finished and then welded together. Also not a conventional launch more took place in Scranton, but the boat was floated in dry dock.

1995/1996 served the Scranton as escort for the USS George Washington ( CVN -73) during their operations in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, where she participated in Operation Southern Watch. 2001 emerged the Scranton by four foot thick ice at the North Pole on. In 2005 she took part in a joint exercise with the Navy part of Pakistan.

2006 served the Scranton as a test platform for the Long -Term Mine Reconnaissance System, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to search for sea mines. 2007 moved the U- boat as escort of the USS Bataan (LHD -5) in the Persian Gulf. 2008 led the U- boat through the certification for digital nautical charts, as they had been tested in the Smart Ship Project. 2009 moved the Scranton with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN -69). In January 2011, the next bet ride followed in European waters. During the civil war in Libya, the Scranton drove off the coast of the North African country and fired on March 19 as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn cruise missiles of the type UGM -109 Tomahawk on Libyan targets.