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US Navy - Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN 735 - USS Pennsylvania |
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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: November 29, 1982 Laid down: March 2, 1987 Launched: April 23, 1988 Commissioned: September 9, 1989 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington Namesake: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ships Motto: VIRTUE - INDEPENDENCE - LIBERTY Technical Data: see: INFO > Ohio class Ballistic Missile Submarine - SSBN |
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 returning to her homeport, Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - October 27, 2025  returning to her homeport, Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - October 27, 2025  returning to her homeport, Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - October 27, 2025  departing Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), Bremerton, Washington for sea trials after ERP - October 19, 2025  departing Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), Bremerton, Washington for sea trials after ERP - October 19, 2025 May 2023 - October 2025: extended refit period (ERP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington  in dry-dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington - December 13, 2024  entering dry-dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington for an extended refit period (ERP) - May 12, 2023  inport Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - April 2, 2019  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - December 27, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - December 27, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - December 27, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - August 2, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - August 2, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - August 2, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - August 2, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - March 25, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - March 25, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - March 25, 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - December 23, 2016  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - December 23, 2016  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - December 23, 2016  Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - October 30, 2016  Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - October 30, 2016  Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - October 30, 2016  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - May 6, 2016  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - May 6, 2016  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - July 28, 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - July 28, 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - April 3, 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - October 16, 2014  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - October 16, 2014  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - June 14, 2014  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - June 14, 2014  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - June 14, 2014  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - September 19, 2012  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington - September 19, 2012  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington after completing the boat's 50th strategic patrol - July 20, 2005  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington after completing the boat's 50th strategic patrol - July 20, 2005  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington after completing the boat's 50th strategic patrol - July 20, 2005  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington from Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 17, 2002  at sea - November 1995  at sea - November 1995  at sea - November 1995  at sea - November 1995  at sea - November 1995  at sea - November 1995  departing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - November 1995  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - November 1995  ballast control panel - November 1995  ballast control panel - November 1995  periscope - November 1995  control room - November 1995  control room - November 1995  torpedo fire control console - November 1995  control room, navigation - November 1995  in dry-dock at Trident Refit Facility, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - March 1992  in dry-dock at Trident Refit Facility, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - March 1992  UGM-133A Trident II D5 SLBM missile launch - Atlantic Ocean, off Florida - September 1990  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 9, 1989  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 9, 1989  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 9, 1989  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 9, 1989  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 9, 1989  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 9, 1989  sea trials - 1989 |
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USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735): The contract to build Pennsylvania was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 29 November 1982 and her keel was laid down there on 10 January 1984. She was launched on 23 April 1988, sponsored by Mrs. Marilyn Garrett, and commissioned on 9 September 1989. On 29 September 1989, Pennsylvania ran aground as she entered the channel during her first visit to Port Canaveral, Florida. Tugboats freed her in about two hours. A US Navy investigation determined that Pennsylvania was properly positioned in the channel, but the channel had been silted by the recent passing of Hurricane Hugo. Pennsylvania had been rerouted to Port Canaveral shortly after another submarine had struck a buoy that had repositioned in the entrance channel of Kings Bay. Still, it was thought that the channel to Port Canaveral had been unaffected. Pennsylvania received no damage. This was a rare occasion of a warship running aground and the commanding officer not being disciplined. Shortly after that, Pennsylvania departed on her first strategic deterrent patrol, which lasted 82 days. In 2009, Pennsylvania was featured in an episode of the British television documentary series Big, Bigger, Biggest. In 2012, Pennsylvania completed a mid-life two and a half year Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where her reactor was refueled for an estimated 25 more years of service. On 14 June 2014, Pennsylvania completed a record-setting 140-day strategic deterrent patrol. This is the longest strategic deterrent patrol completed since the beginning of the Poseidon C3 missile program in the 1970s. source: wikipedia |
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Pennsylvania ... officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania's capital is Harrisburg and its most populous city is Philadelphia.. Among all US states, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous with over 13 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, the ninth-highest by population density, and the 33rd-largest by land area. The largest metropolitan statistical area is the southeastern Philadelphia metropolitan area, centered on Philadelphia, the commonwealth's most populous and the sixth-most populous city in the US. The second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Pittsburgh, is centered in and around Pittsburgh, the commonwealth's second-largest city. |
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