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US Navy - Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN 732 - USS Alaska |
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Type,
class: Ballistic Missile Submarine, nuclear
propulsion - SSBN; Ohio class Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: February 27, 1978 Laid down: March 9, 1983 Launched: January 12, 1985 Commissioned: January 25, 1986 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia Namesake: State of Alaska Ships Motto: ALERT, CONFIDENT, ABLE Technical Data: see: INFO > Ohio class Ballistic Missile Submarine - SSBN |
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 launching an unarmed UGM-133A Trident II D5 Life Extension (D5LE) - off Florida - June 18, 2023  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 1, 2021  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 1, 2021  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 1, 2021  Gibraltar - June 28, 2021  Gibraltar - June 28, 2021  Gibraltar - June 28, 2021  Gibraltar - June 28, 2021  in dry-dock at Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Georgia - May 2020  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - September 9, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - September 9, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - July 6, 2019  HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland, UK - July 2, 2019  HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland, UK - July 2, 2019  HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland, UK - July 2, 2019  HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland, UK - July 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - November 14, 2018  off Kings Bay, Georgia - June 15, 2017  commemorate the submarine’s 100th strategic patrol - June 15, 2017  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 2016  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 7, 2015  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 7, 2015  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 7, 2015  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 7, 2015  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 7, 2015  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 22, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 22, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 22, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 22, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 22, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 11, 2012  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 11, 2012  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 5, 2011  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 1, 2009  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 1, 2009  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 1, 2009  July 2006  Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Bremerton, Washington - August 1998  alongside the Submarine Tender USS McKee (AS 41) in her honorary homeport of Seward, Alaska - July 1987  alongside the Submarine Tender USS McKee (AS 41) in her honorary homeport of Seward, Alaska - July 1987  Bangor, Washington - June 1987  Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington - June 1987  UGM-96 Trident I C4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launch - February 21, 1986  commissioning ceremony - Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 25, 1986  commissioning ceremony - Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 25, 1986  commissioning ceremony - Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 25, 1986  commissioning ceremony - Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 25, 1986  inclining experiments - Naval Submarine Base Groton, Connecticut - August 1985  inclining experiments - Naval Submarine Base Groton, Connecticut - August 1985 |
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USS Alaska (SSBN 732): The contract to build Alaska was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 27 February 1978 and her keel was laid down there on 9 March 1983. She was launched on 12 January 1985, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Stevens, wife of US Senator Theodore F. Stevens of Alaska; and commissioned on 25 January 1986, with Captain Paul L. Callahan in command of the Blue Crew and Captain Charles J. Chotvacs in command of the Gold Crew. Alaska spent much of 1986 engaged in shakedown training for her two crews and in clearing up the many details that attend a new fleet ballistic missile submarine’s addition to the Fleet. She operated initially from New London, Connecticut, and Port Canaveral, Florida, but shifted homeports to the Pacific Northwest later in the year, 4 September-1 October 1986. Alaska sailed through the Panama Canal, and visited San Francisco, California, 21–29 September, while en route. She then served with Submarine Squadron 17, Submarine Group 9, at Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington. Alaska sailed on her first missile deterrent patrol, manned by her Blue Crew, in the Pacific, 7 December 1986 - 19 February 1987. Her Gold Crew carried out Patrol 2, 16 March–28 May 1987. She completed an engineered overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, 1 May 2000 - 9 December 2001. The work included a Trident II D5 “backfit” that enabled Alaska to fire the improved version of the submarine launched ballistic missile. In addition, the overhaul upgraded her to shoot the Mk 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) torpedo. Alaska had carried out 47 Trident I C4 and 12 Trident II D5 deterrent missile patrols when she sailed from Kitsap for the final time on 8 July 2006. The submarine subsequently completed a 27.5-month engineered refueling and overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, on 8 March 2009. Alaska shifted to Submarine Squadron 20, Submarine Group 10, at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, on 1 May 2009 - she arrived at Kings Bay on 1 April. On 28 April 2010, the Navy announced plans to convert living spaces on board Alaska to accommodate female crewmembers. source: wikipedia |
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Alaska ... is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and, longitudinally, the easternmost state in the United States. It is a semi-exclave of the U.S., bordering the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border in the Bering Strait with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and is closer to another continent (Asia) than any U.S. state. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. |
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