USS Birmingham (SSN-695)

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USS Birmingham (SSN-695)
Career United States Navy ensign
Awarded: 24 January 1972
Laid down: 26 April 1975
Launched: 29 October 1977
Commissioned: 16 December 1978
Fate: submarine recycling
Stricken: 22 December 1997
General characteristics
Displacement: 5789 tons light, 6159 tons full, 370 tons dead
Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam: 10 meters (33 feet)
Draft: 9.7 meters (32 feet)
Propulsion: one S6G reactor
Complement: 12 officers, 98 men
Image:695insig.png

USS Birmingham (SSN-695), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 26 April 1975. She was launched on 29 October 1977 sponsored by Mrs. Maryon Allen, and commissioned on 16 December 1978, with Commander Paul L. Callahan in command.

Birmingham was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 December 1997. Ex-Birmingham is scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.

See USS Birmingham for other ships of the same name.

Footage taken during the commissioning trials for the USS Birmingham was used in the movie "The Hunt for Red October". The hull number (SSN-695) is easily readable on the sub in the film. This denotes that the footage was taken during commissioning trials as the numbers are removed before active service.


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