USS Toledo (SSN-769)

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 Toledo ( SSN -769 ) is a nuclear submarine of the Los Angeles-class of the United States Navy. It is named after the city of Toledo, Ohio.

History

The Toledo in 1988 at Newport News Shipbuilding commissioned and paid to the shipyard of the shipbuilding company, which is part of Northrop Grumman, to Kiel in 1991. After a construction period of two and a half years, the ship was launched in March 1994 from the stack. The boat was christened by Mrs. Sabra Smith; the official commissioning ceremony was held on 24 February 1995.

In 2002 the boat was involved in the battle group led by the USS John F. Kennedy (CV -67) in Operation Enduring Freedom. In April 2003, Toledo returned from a mission as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, during which she participated in the bombardment of Iraq with BGM -109 Tomahawk. In 2004 the boat was in the Persian Gulf as escorts for Kennedy. On the way home the Toledo rounded the Cape of Good Hope instead of the normal route through the Suez Canal to choose. The next six-month deployment began in early 2006.

In November 2006, the Toledo began a scheduled 13 months to overhaul and modernization in their shipyard, which cost around 175 million dollars. During that were used several different brazing alloys for welding, in breach Navy specifications represented and significantly delayed the recommissioning. Only in March 2009, Toledo was undocked. A month later, she took part in the Fleet Week in Port Everglades.

In July 2009, approximately 50 cm long crack in the outer shell was found in the pressure shell including a 2.5 cm long crack. This water would have penetrated into the submarine at a dive trip. After the leak was sealed, the Toledo moved in July 2010 over the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.