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USS Groton (SSN-694)
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| Awarded: | 31 January 1971 |
| Laid down: | 3 August 1973 |
| Launched: | 9 October 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 8 July 1978
The USS Groton departed on its first overseas deployment in March of 1980 to the Indian Ocean. The submarine made its way back to the homeport of Groton, CT by way of the Panama Canal. The USS Groton completed the Around-The-World Cruise in October of 1980. |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 7 November 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5780 tons light, 6143 tons full, 363 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 |
USS Groton (SSN-694), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Groton, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 3 August 1973. She was launched on 9 October 1976 sponsored by Mrs. Elliot L. Richardson, and commissioned on 8 July 1978, with Commander R. William Vogel, III in command.
Groton was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 November 1997. Ex-Groton is scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.
See USS Groton for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.
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