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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 720 - USS Pittsburgh |
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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Los Angeles class (Flight II / VLS) Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA
STATUS: Awarded: April 16, 1979 Laid down: April 15, 1983 Launched: December 8, 1984 Commissioned: November 23, 1985 IN SERVICE (2015)
Homeport: Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut Namesake: City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ships Motto: HEART OF STEEL Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720): The fourth Pittsburgh (SSN-720) was laid down on 15 April 1983 at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Conn.; launched on 8 December 1984; sponsored by Dr. Carol H. Sawyer, wife of Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics) George A. Sawyer; and commissioned on 23 November 1985, Cmdr. Raymond H. Setser in command. Pittsburgh, Cmdr. Charles H. Griffiths Jr. in command, deployed (8 November 1990 - 28 February 1991) for Operation Desert Storm - the liberation of the Kuwaitis from the Iraqis - and she fired UGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) against Iraqi military targets. Pittsburgh, Cmdr. Jeffrey S. Currer in command, deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom I (1 October 2002 - 27 April 2003) and on 21 and 22 March she joined 29 other U.S. and British ships and submarines that fired TLAMs against Iraqi military targets. Currer later received the Bronze Star for his “extraordinary leadership and operational skills” during these battles. |
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