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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 703 - USS Boston |
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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: December 10, 1973 Laid down: August 11, 1978 Launched: April 19, 1980 Commissioned: January 30, 1982 Decommissioned: November 19, 1999
Homeport: - Namesake: City of Boston, Massachusetts Ships Motto: FREEDOM'S BIRTHPLACE Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 August 1998  1982  during inclining experiments - December 1981  during inclining experiments - December 1981 |
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USS Boston (SSN 703): The contract to build Boston was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 1978. She was launched on 19 April 1980 sponsored by Mrs. Edward Hidalgo, and commissioned on 30 January 1982, with Captain Jon M. Barr in command. In 1998 Boston participated in a UNITAS South America deployment. Boston was decommissioned on 19 November 1999 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 November 1999. Ex-Boston entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 2001 and on 19 September 2002 ceased to exist. Her sail and upper rudder were preserved for display at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York. source: wikipedia |
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