USS Hartford (SSN-768)

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USS Hartford (SSN-768)
Career USN Jack
Awarded: 30 June 1988
Laid down: 22 February 1992
Launched: 4 December 1993
Commissioned: 10 December 1994
Status: Active in service as of 2007
Homeport: Groton, Connecticut
General characteristics
Displacement: 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead
Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam: 10 meters (33 feet)
Draft: 9.4 meters (31 feet)
Propulsion: one S6G reactor
Complement: 12 officers, 98 men

USS Hartford (SSN-768), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 22 February 1992. She was launched on 4 December 1993 sponsored by Laura O'Keefe, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe, and commissioned on 10 December 1994, with Commander George Kasten in command.

On 25 October 2003 Hartford ran aground near La Maddalena in Sardinia.

See USS Hartford for other ships of the same name.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, United States Navy press releases, and various news articles.

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