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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 724 - USS Louisville |
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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: February 11, 1982 Laid down: September 24, 1984 Launched: December 14, 1985 Commissioned: November 8, 1986 IN SERVICE (2015)
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Namesake: City of Louisville, Kentucky Ships Motto: BEST OF THE BREED Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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USS Louisville (SSN 724): The fourth Louisville (SSN-724) was laid down on 16 September 1984 at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Conn.; launched on 14 December 1985; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth A. McKee, wife of Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion; and commissioned on 8 November 1986 at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., Capt. Charles E. Ellis in command. Louisville deployed for Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Desert Sabre, entering the Red Sea on 17 January 1991. While submerged in the Red Sea at 0930 on 19 January, she fired Tomahawk cruise missiles against Iraqi military targets. The attack boat came about and completed repairs alongside submarine tender Proteus (AS-19) at Apra Harbor, Guam, from 13-25 February. She then returned to sea and made for the war zone, but the coalition and the Iraqis announced a cease fire on 28 February, and she diverted for a brief visit to Perth, Australia, from 7-12 March. Louisville also deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom I and on 21 and 22 March 2003, she joined 29 other U.S. and British ships and submarines that fired Tomahawks against Iraqi military targets. source: US Naval History & Heritage Command - - - Louisville transited the Panama Canal in January 1987 to make her home base at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego as a part of COMSUBRON11. During her stay at San Diego, Louisville conducted several WestPac tours. During her 1988-89 WestPac Louisville visited Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Guam. In January and February 1991, as Operation Desert Storm began, Louisville carried out the first war patrol conducted by an American submarine since World War II. The patrol began with a 14,000-mile submerged, high-speed transit across the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean to the Red Sea. Shortly after noon on 19 January, she launched Tomahawk cruise missiles against targets in Iraq, becoming the first submarine to launch Tomahawks in combat. For this war patrol, Louisville was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation. In July 1992 Louisville became the first attack submarine to work up and deploy with a carrier battle group in the Pacific. Currently stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In 2003, Louisville participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, launching 16 Tomahawk missiles from the Red Sea against targets in Iraq. Her deployment was extended to eight and a half months in support of the campaign. She was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for her role in the operation. Louisville completed an extensive overhaul in Portsmouth, NH at the end of 2008. She returned to her homeport of Pearl Harbor in the spring of 2009 as a part of CSS-3. source: wikipedia (2015) |
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