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US Navy - Attack Submarine

SSN 761 - USS Springfield

 

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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Los Angeles class (Flight III / 688i - improved)

Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA

   

STATUS:

Awarded: March 21, 1986

Laid down: January 29, 1990

Launched: January 4, 1992

Commissioned: January 9, 1993

IN SERVICE (2015)

   

Homeport: Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut

Namesake: Cities of Springfield, Illinois & Springfield, Massachusetts

Ships Motto: UNITED FOR FREEDOM

Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN

 

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - July 2013

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - July 2013

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Diego Garcia - June 2013

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2013


Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - November 2011

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Rota, Spain - February 2009


Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - March 2007
 

 
USS Springfield (SSN 761):

The fourth Springfield (SSN-761) was laid down on 29 January 1990 at Groton, Conn., by General Dynamics Electric Boat; launched on 4 January 1992; sponsored by Mrs. Lynn M. Martin, Secretary of Labor; and was commissioned on 9 January 1993 at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., Cmdr. R. Kent Ford in command.

In mid-2004, Springfield began an extensive overhaul, or Depot Modernization Period (DMP), at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton. In addition to normal periodic maintenance and repairs, Springfield received extensive modernization in fire control systems, sonar processing, weapons launch systems, and communications outfit, a ring laser gyro inertial navigation system, as well as stealth improvements and engine room upgrades. The modernization was the first major overhaul and repair job for Electric Boat in almost 25 years. Originally awarded as a 12 month, $26.3 million depot modernization, Springfield was to be the test case for the possibility of awarding future repair and overhaul contracts to Electric Boat. The overhaul was plagued by cost and time overruns, and when finally completed in December 2005, it was several months late and well over budget.

source: wikipedia (2015)

 
 

 

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