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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 756 - USS Scranton |
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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Los Angeles class (Flight III / 688i - improved) Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Newport News, Virginia, USA
STATUS: Awarded: November 26, 1984 Laid down: August 29, 1986 Launched: July 3, 1989 Commissioned: January 26, 1991 IN SERVICE (2015)
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia Namesake: City of Scranton, Pennsylvania Ships Motto: - Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 Norfolk, Virginia - January 2014  Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean - December 2013  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2011  Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy - March 2011  Cmdr. Paul Whitescarver, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756), explains control room operations to Juan M. Garcia III, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, during a tour of the ship - July 2010  Vice Adm. John J. Donnelly, commander of Submarine Forces, shows French National Navy Vice Adm. Jean-Francois Baud, Commandant Les Forces Oceanique Strategique, the control room of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) - May 2010  Norfolk, Virginia - September 2009  Norfolk, Virginia - August 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - July 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - July 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2009  Norfolk, Virginia - September 2008  Norfolk, Virginia - August 2008  Norfolk, Virginia - July 2008  Norfolk, Virginia - July 2008  Norfolk, Virginia - April 2008  Norfolk, Virginia - March 2008  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2007  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2007  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2007  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2007  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2007  Norfolk, Virginia - January 2007  Norfolk, Virginia - September 2005  Norfolk, Virginia - September 2005  Persian Gulf - June 2005  North Pole - June 2001  North Pole - June 2001  North Pole - June 2001  North Pole - June 2001  Adriatic Sea - 1996  Adriatic Sea - 1996  Arabian Sea - 1996  1994  commissioning ceremony - January 26, 1991  commissioning ceremony - January 26, 1991  commissioning ceremony - January 26, 1991  commissioning ceremony - January 26, 1991  1990 1990  1990  1990  1990  1990  1990  1990  1990  1990  1990  1990 |
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USS Scranton (SSN 756): The second Scranton (SSN-756) was laid down on 29 August 1986 at Newport News, Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; launched on 3 July 1989; sponsored by Mrs. Sarah S. McDade, wife of Representative Joseph M. McDade of Pa.; and was commissioned on 26 January 1991 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Cmdr. John G. Meyer in command. In 2011 fighting raged across Libya between Moammar Qadhafi and rebels opposed to his regime. The war drove tens of thousands of refugees across the neighboring border, and overburdened UN relief workers revealed that the plight of the fugitives reached a “crisis point.” The UN Security Council thus passed Resolution 1973 authorizing the use of force, including the implementation of a no-fly zone, to end Qadhafi’s attacks against his own people. The U.S. froze at least $30 billion worth of Libyan assets, and on the night of 19 March 2011, American, British, Canadian, Danish, French, Italian, and Spanish forces commenced Operation Odyssey Dawn to destroy Qadhafi’s ability to attack civilians and to impose a no-fly zone. Air and missile strikes pounded more than 20 integrated Libyan air defense and radar systems and airfields. Four USMC McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIs and 15 USAF aircraft including Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirits flew 19 air sorties, and guided missile destroyers Barry (DDG-52) and Stout (DDG-55), guided missile submarine Florida (SSGN-728), attack submarines Providence (SSN-719) and Scranton, and British attack submarine Triumph (S.93) fired more than 110 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs). Grumman EA-6G Growlers and Harrier IIs subsequently jammed enemy transmissions. Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) Odyssey Dawn, broke his flag in command ship Mount Whitney (LCC-20). Those attacks hit primarily SA-2, SA-3, and SA-5 surface-to-air missile batteries around Libyan airfields, as well as aircraft on the ground and munitions sites, enabling the allies to enforce the no-fly zone from east to west across Libya. British Air Vice Marshal Gregory J. Bagwell, RAF, told reporters on 23 March that the Libyan Air Force “no longer exists as a fighting force.” JTF Odyssey Dawn was disestablished on 30 March, and the allies shifted to NATO Operation Unified Protector. The ongoing NATO air support enabled the rebels to eventually defeat the dictator, and they ambushed and killed Qadhafi while he fled from Surt on 20 October 2011. source: US Naval History & Heritage Command |
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