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US Navy - Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN 740 - USS Rhode Island |
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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: January 5, 1988 Laid down: September 15, 1988 Launched: July 17, 1993 Commissioned: July 9, 1994 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia Namesake: State of Rhode Island Ships Motto: IN SPE PACIS PERENNIS (in hope of everlasting peace) Technical Data: see: INFO > Ohio class Ballistic Missile Submarine - SSBN |
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USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740): Originally, another Ohio-class submarine, SSBN 730, was to have been named Rhode Island; a contract was awarded in 1977 for SSBN-730's construction and her keel was laid in 1981 with the name Rhode Island planned for the completed submarine. However, shortly after the sudden death of United States Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington, SSBN-730 was renamed Henry M. Jackson while still under construction. The name Rhode Island was transferred to SSBN-740, for which a construction contract had not yet been awarded. The contract to build Rhode Island (SSBN 740) was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 5 January 1988 and her keel was laid down there on 15 September 1988. She was launched on 17 July 1993, sponsored by Mrs. Kati Machtley, and commissioned on 9 July 1994, with Captain John K. Eldridge commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Michael Maxfield commanding the Gold Crew. On 11 August 2009, Rhode Island rescued five Bahamian fishermen whose boat had capsized on 7 August 2009. Rhode Island's medical staff tended to the four men and one boy before transferring them to a ship which took them to shore for further treatment. In 2010 Rhode Island was awarded the Battle "E" for Squadron 20. In 2011 Rhode Island was awarded the Omaha Trophy in recognition for superior performance and setting fleet standards in the field of strategic deterrence. From December 2015 to August 2018, Rhode Island was in Norfolk Naval Shipyard undergoing an Engineered Refueling Overhaul, in which her reactor was refueled and numerous other systems modernized. On 1 November 2022, Rhode Island arrived at Gibraltar for a scheduled port visit. source: wikipedia |
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Rhode Island ... is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly more than 1.1 million residents as of 2024. The state's population, however, has continually recorded growth in every decennial census since 1790, and it is the second-most densely populated state after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though most of its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city. |
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