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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 697 - USS Indianapolis |
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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Los Angeles class (Flight I) Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA
STATUS: Awarded: January 24, 1972 Laid down: October 19, 1974 Launched: July 30, 1977 Commissioned: January 5, 1980 Decommissioned: December 22, 1998
Homeport: - Namesake: City of Indianapolis, Indiana Ships Motto: - Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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USS Indianapolis (SSN 697): The third Indianapolis (SSN-697) was laid down on 19 October 1974 at Groton, Ct., by the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corp.; launched on 30 July 1977 (the anniversary of the loss of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis during World War II); sponsored by Mrs. William G. [Esther] Bray, wife of former Congressman William G. Bray of Indiana; delivered on 30 November 1979; and commissioned at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Ct., on 5 January 1980, Cmdr. Harry P. Salmon, Jr., in command. After a career that lasted nearly two decades, Indianapolis was decommissioned and stricken simultaneously from the Naval Vessel Register three days before Christmas of 1998 (22 December 1998), the ship was disposed-of by recycling. Indianapolis (SSN-697) was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation (accorded her during her inactivation ceremony on 17 February 1998) for her operations between 1 April and 1 September 1997 and the Humanitarian Service Medal for her rescue of 30 Vietnamese refugees, some of whom were in very poor physical condition and all lacking fresh water or food, on 12 April 1982. source: US Naval History & Heritage Command (2015) |
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