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U.S.S. ALBUQUERQUE
(SSN-706)SILENTUM EXCUBITOR
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The USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706), a Los Angeles class submarine, was commissioned on 21 MAY 1983. USS ALBUQUERQUE serves her country from her homeport of
The USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
SSN-706 Deployments - Major Events
Add a SSN-706 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSN-706 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1979 | - | Keel Date: 27 DEC 1979 at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT | ||
MAR | 1982 | - | Launch Date: 13 MAR 1982 | ||
MAY | 1983 | - | Commissioned: 21 MAY 1983 | ||
MAY | 1986 | - | NOV | 1986 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
MAY | 1987 | - | OCT | 1987 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 APR 1988 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1999 | - | SEP | 1999 | Mediterranean |
SSN-706 General Specifications
Class: Los Angeles class submarine
Named for: Albuquerque NM
Complement: 12 Officers and 98 Enlisted
Displacement: 5758 tons
Length: 362 feet
Beam: 32 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: Surfaced: 20 knots
USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706)
The
second Albuquerque (SSN-706) was laid down on 27 December 1979 at Groton,
Conn., by the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corp.; launched on 13 March
1982; sponsored
by Mrs. Nancy L. Domenici; and commissioned at the Submarine Base, New
London, on 21 May 1983, Capt. Richard H. Hartman in command.
The
nuclear-powered attack submarine spent the remainder of 1983 engaged in
operations at sea completing the variety of tests, examinations,
certifications, and inspections that attend the acceptance of a newly
constructed warship into the fleet. She also carried out the shakedown training
that welds the members of a newly formed crew into a smooth-functioning team. At the
beginning of
1985, the warship reentered the yard at Electric Boat for her post-shakedown
availability. The repair period ended on 15 April. In May, she voyaged south to
the Florida coast for weapons and combat systems certifications. During the
summer, she participated
in a fleet exercise and took part in a midshipman training cruise. In August, Albuquerque
began normal operations from her home port. October and November brought extended operations at sea
in the Atlantic, and, in December, she underwent additional repairs at Electic Boat.
Albuquerque opened 1985 with sonar training and weapons systems drills carried
out in the local operating area. In February, she completed preparations for another two months
at sea that began
on 27 February. The warship returned home at the beginning of May. Operations
along the east coast occupied her time until mid-June when Albuquerque went back to
sea for an extended period of
operations. Two months later, she reentered her
home port and took up local duty once again. The warship remained so employed until November when she
cruised south to the coast of Florida
to serve as a school ship for prospective commanding officers. Albuquerque resumed local operations out of her home port in December.
On
14 January 1986, the nuclear-powered submarine entered the yard at Electric
Boat for a two-month restricted availability. In March, she turned to for local
evolutions and alternated between
that employment and upkeep in her home port until late May. Between 19 May and
14 September, Alubuquerque remained
at sea engaged in an extended series of operations highlighted by port calls in Scotland and England. She
returned home in mid-September and,
after post-deployment standdown, voyaged
to Exuma Sound late in October for sound trials. She returned to Groton briefly at the beginning of
November but put to sea on the 4th to
take part in two fleet exercises. Upkeep at New London took up the period between 24 November and 7 December and an ASW exercise consumed most of
December. Holiday routine at New London
occupied the last 11 days of 1986. As
of the beginning of 1987, she was in port at New London.
[Note: The above USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]