USS Omaha (SSN-692)
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| Missing image USS_Omaha_SSN-692.jpg USS Omaha (SSN-692) | |
| Career | 
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| Awarded: | 31 January 1971 |
| Laid down: | 27 January 1973 |
| Launched: | 21 February 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 11 March 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 October 1995 |
| Stricken: | 5 October 1995 |
| Fate: | To be disposed of by submarine recycling |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5700 tons light, 6071 tons full, 371 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 Omaha (SSN-692), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Omaha, Nebraska. 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 27 January 1973. She was launched on 21 February 1976 sponsored by Mrs. Roman L. Hruska, and commissioned on 11 March 1978, with Commander Ted A. Hamilton in command.
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Omaha was placed in commission in reserve on 7 February 1995, decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 October 1995 and laid up at Bremerton in Washington. She is scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 1 October 2007.
See USS Omaha for other ships of the same name.
External links
- combatindex.com: USS Omaha (http://combatindex.com/hardware/detail/sea/ssn692_detail.html)
- navsource.org: USS Omaha (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08692.htm)
- united-states-navy.com: USS Omaha (http://www.united-states-navy.com/ssn/ssn692.htm)
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.
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