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USS Scranton (SSN-756)
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 View from the rudder of Scranton after the first surfacing in the Arctic by a Los Angeles-class submarine |
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| Awarded: | 26 November 1984 |
| Laid down: | 29 August 1986 |
| Launched: | 3 July 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1991 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | NS Norfolk, Virginia |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5742 tons light, 6145 tons full, 403 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 ft) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 ft) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 ft) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
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USS Scranton (SSN-756), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 29 August 1986. She was launched on 3 July 1989 sponsored by Mrs. Sarah McDade, and commissioned on 26 January 1991, with Commander J.G. Meyer in command.
Scranton was the first submarine at Newport News to be built via "modular construction". No keel was laid. In this method, the ship was almost fully built out in individual hull sections. Most of the internal structure, machinery, and piping were loaded in via open ends of the hull sections as each hull section was built out. The individual hull sections were later assembled with exact precision such that piping running between the sections was joined as the hull sections were welded together. The ship was later rolled into a floating drydock and "floated"
In January 2006, Scranton successfully demonstrated homing and docking of a AN/BLQ-11 Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) system during at-sea testing.[1]
- See USS Scranton for other ships of the same name.
- USS Scranton official website
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Scranton
- navsource.org: USS Scranton
- united-states-navy.com: USS Scranton
This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.
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