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USS Nebraska (SSBN-739)
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 USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | 26 May 1987 |
| Laid down: | 6 July 1987 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 10 July 1993 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | Bangor, Washington |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons |
| Length: | 170.69 meters (560 feet) |
| Beam: | 12.8 meters (42 feet) |
| Draught: | 11.5 meters (38 feet) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × S8G reactor |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 140 men |
| Armament: | MK-48 Torpedoes 24 × Trident II D-5 Ballistic Missiles |
| Motto: | Defensor Pacis |
| Nickname: | Big Red |
USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) is the 14th Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, and the second U.S. naval ship to be named in honor of the 37th state of the Union.
The contract to build to Nebraska was awarded on 26 May 1987 to General Dynamics. The keel was laid on 6 July 1987 and she was launched roughly five years later on 15 August 1992, sponsored by Patricia Exon, the wife of Senator J. James Exon. Nebraska was delivered to the US Navy on 18 June 1993, and commissioned on 10 July 1993.
She is a ballistic missile submarine capable of carrying the Trident missile. Nebraska is nicknamed 'Big Red', which she shares with the University of Nebraska's nickname.
Nebraska, originally assigned to Submarine Group 10 at Kings Bay, Georgia since commissioning, was transferred to Bangor, Washington, effective 1 October 2004. The Nebraska is the subject of Douglas C. Waller's book "Big Red: three months on board a Trident nuclear submarine" ISBN 0-06-019484-7
See USS Nebraska for other ships of this name.
- USS Nebraska official site
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Nebraska
- navsource.org: USS Nebraska
- united-states-navy.com: USS Nebraska
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| SSGN 726 Class | Ohio | Michigan | Florida | Georgia |
| SSBN 726 Class | Henry M. Jackson | Alabama | Alaska | Nevada | Tennessee | Pennsylvania | West Virginia | Kentucky | Maryland | Nebraska | Rhode Island | Maine | Wyoming | Louisiana |
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