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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 689 - USS Baton Rouge |
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Type,
class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN;
Los Angeles class (Flight I) Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Newport News, Virginia, USA STATUS: Awarded: January 8, 1971 Laid down: November 18, 1972 Christened + launched: April 26, 1975 Commissioned: June 25, 1977 Placed in reserve: November 1, 1993 Decommissioned: January 13, 1995 Fate: Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), Bremerton, Washington dismantling/recycling completed on September 30, 1997 Namesake: City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Ships Motto: ? Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 in dry-dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), Bremerton, Washington - prepared for dismantling and recycling - February 1995 1984-1986: The boat was in dry dock and undergoing modernization at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, marking its first major depot-level overhaul Following sea trials and refresher training, she resumed active service with a Mediterranean deployment in November 1986  off La Maddalena, Italy - November 1984  underway - undated  commissioning ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia - June 25, 1977  sea trials - May 1977  sea trials - May 1977  sea trials - May 1977 |
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USS Baton Rouge (SSN 689): USS Baton Rouge was laid down on 18 November 1972 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched on 26 April 1975; sponsored by Mrs. F. Edward Hebert; and commissioned on 25 June 1977, Comdr. Thomas C. Maloney in command. Though assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 1 and based at Norfolk, Baton Rouge carried out her shakedown training out of New London, Conn. She left Hampton Roads on 5 July and spent most of the month engaged in drills in waters off the New England coast. The attack submarine returned to Norfolk on 29 July and devoted the next four weeks to post-shakedown upkeep. During late August and the first week in September, she participated in SUBASWEX-77 and then returned to Norfolk on 9 September. On the 12th, she headed south to carry out acoustic trials at Exuma Sound and weapons' tests out of Port Everglades, Fla. Baton Rouge arrived back at Norfolk on 7 October and remained there until early November at which time she put to sea for another round of tests carried out from Port Everglades. The warship returned to Norfolk on 23 November but embarked on an extended period at sea on the 29th. Baton Rouge concluded that assignment at Norfolk on 5 January 1978. She moored alongside L. Y. Spear (AS-36) and conducted upkeep until 24 January when she headed back to Port Everglades. There, submarine participated in additional tests before returning to Norfolk early in February. On 20 February, Baton Rouge began her post-shakedown overhaul at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. That repair period lasted more than six months with the submarine returning to sea for trials on 28 August. In September, she prepared for overseas deployment with training out of New London, Conn. and then returned to Norfolk where she spent the first part of October completing a host of last-minute chores before embarking on her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet. Baton Rouge set out on that assignment on 19 October and raised her first port of call in the Mediterranean Sea, La Maddalena, Sardinia, on 1 November. In addition to visits to La Maddalena, the warship also called at La Spezia, Italy, and took part in a variety of antisubmarine warfare (ASW) exercises through the winter of 1978 and 1979. The attack submarine returned to Norfolk from her first overseas assignment in March of 1979. After post-deployment standdown, Baton Rouge resumed normal operations out of her home port in the spring. These included participation in two major ASW exercises and visits to such widely separated places as Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Halifax, Nova Scotia. In July, she was reassigned to SubRon 8 but continued to use Norfolk as her base of operations. In September and October, Baton Rouge put to sea for a major NATO exercise, Operation "Ocean Safari," which took her across the Atlantic once more and included a call at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She returned to Norfolk from that mission during the latter part of October and spent the remainder of 1979 in a restricted availability. In 1980, she was deployed to the Indian Ocean and circumnavigated the earth, passing through the International Date Line and the Panama Canal. For the deployment, she was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation when she arrived in Norfolk. As was the case in the Indian Pacific in 1980, in 1981 Baton Rouge again came under the command of Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), after which she received the Meritorious Unit Commendation. For the third time, Baton Rouge came under the command of CINCPACFLT when she made her second deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. In the mid-1980s, the boat underwent an eighteen-month overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The overhaul, which ended in spring 1986, saw the addition to Baton Rouge the AN/BQQ-5C sonar system, the CCS Mk-1 digital fire-control system, and the ESGN navigation system. She made her third deployment to the Mediterranean in November 1986, and her fourth in January 1990. Between these two assignment, Baton Rouge conducted a deployment to the North Atlantic, and was awarded her second Meritorious Unit Commendation. Collision with K-276 Kostroma At 20:16 local time on 11 February 1992, while on patrol off Kildin Island near Severomorsk, Baton Rouge collided with the Russian Sierra-class attack submarine K-276 Kostroma. The United States Navy stated that the collision occurred more than 12 miles (22 km) from the shore, in international waters. Initially the U.S. Navy denied any damage suffered by Baton Rouge, but it was later disclosed that the boat suffered two cuts, as well as dents and scrapes. Kostroma was fully repaired by 29 June 1992 and continues in service to this day, while Baton Rouge was removed from service soon afterward. The Navy was looking to make cuts in all classes of vessels at the time. Baton Rouge was just unlucky enough to be decommissioned for this reason. This is recorded in Russian navy lore as a victory and the Kostroma crew painted the number "1" bordered by a star on the sail, as did Soviet submarines during World War II to indicate the number of their victories. Decommissioning Less than two years later, on 1 November 1993, Baton Rouge was placed in commission in reserve. On 13 January 1995, she became the first Los Angeles-class submarine to be decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, after less than 18 years in commission. As part of post-Cold War restructuring, the U.S. Navy decided to decommission 14 of the first 31 ships in the Los Angeles-class instead of refueling them, most at between 17 and 19 years of service. Some of Baton Rouge's sister ships served for 35 years or more after refueling. Ex-Baton Rouge entered the Nuclear Powered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, and dismantling of the boat was complete by 30 September 1997. source: NHHC / Raymond A. Mann and Robert J. Cressman + wikipedia |
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Baton Rouge ... is the capital city of the US state of Louisiana. It had a population of 227,470 at the 2020 United States census, making it Louisiana's second-most populous city. It is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Baton Rouge, which had 870,569 residents in 2020. |
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