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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 690 - USS Philadelphia |
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Type,
class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN;
Los Angeles class (Flight I) Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: January 8, 1971 Laid down: August 12, 1972 Christened + launched: October 19, 1974 Commissioned: June 25, 1977 Decommissioned: June 25, 2010 Fate: towed to Bremerton, Washington Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), Bremerton, Washington dismantling/recycling began September 1, 2019 / completed ? Namesake: City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ships Motto: Philly Delivers / Whatever It Takes / Finish Strong Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 departing Groton, Connecticut for the final time as she heads to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia to start her inactivation process - July 9, 2010  departing Groton, Connecticut for the final time as she heads to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia to start her inactivation process - July 9, 2010  decommissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - June 25, 2010  approaching Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for her upcoming decommissioning - April 16, 2010  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut after her final deployment - February 3, 2010  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut after her final deployment - February 3, 2010  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for her final deployment - July 13, 2009  moored at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 22, 2008  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 24, 2008  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 24, 2008  moored in an undisclosed port in the middle east - December 27, 2007  departing Naval Support Activity Bahrain - October 7, 2007  departing Naval Support Activity Bahrain - October 7, 2007  moored at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 26, 2007  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 26, 2007  in port after being run down by the 53,000 ton Turkish cargo ship Yaso Aysen's bow in the Persian Gulf on 5 September 2006  arriving at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 14, 2005  arriving at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 14, 2005  arriving at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 14, 2005  arriving at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 14, 2005  arriving at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 14, 2005  Members of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDVT-2) huddle together inside a flooded Dry Deck Shelter mounted on the back of USS Philadelphia (SSN 690). Dry Deck Shelters (DDS) provide specially configured nuclear powered submarines with a greater capability of deploying Special Operations Forces (SOF). DDS's can transport, deploy, and recover SOF teams from Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRCs) or SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDVs), all while remaining submerged. SDVT-2 is stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia, and conducts operations throughout the Atlantic, Southern, and European command areas of responsibility - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) / SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) / SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) / SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) / SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) / SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) / SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations - Atlantic Ocean - May 5, 2005  Port Everglades, Florida - October 9, 1996  Port Everglades, Florida - October 9, 1996 1992-1994: USS Philadelphia completed the first-ever refueling overhaul for a Los Angeles class SSN at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine  off La Maddalena, Italy - January 1991  sea trials - May 1977  sea trials - May 1977  christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut - October 19, 1974 |
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USS Philadelphia (SSN 690): The sixth Philadelphia (SSN-690) was laid down on 12 August 1972 at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Ct.; launched on 19 October 1974; sponsored by Mrs. Marian H. C. Scott, wife of Senate Minority Leader Hugh D. Scott, Jr.; and commissioned at Pier 32N, Naval Submarine Base New London, Ct., on 25 June 1977, Cmdr. Robert B. Osborne in command. While two Navy tugs eased attack submarine Archerfish (SSN-678), Cmdr. Sibley L. Ward, III, in command, toward State Pier at New London, her stern planes struck those of Philadelphia (which lay moored), at about 0930 on 28 September 1977. Both boats sustained minor damage but did not report casualties. Navy divers inspected Philadelphia and she was then towed to Electric Boat for repairs. Archerfish subsequently completed repairs. In June 1980 Philadelphia departed her homeport of Groton, Connecticut, and headed on a world cruise that would take it to the Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf, as well as the Pacific. Under the command of Commander Edward S. Little USN, the cruise included at visit to Western Australia, when Philadelphia made her only visit to HMAS Stirling in Rockingham, Western Australia, on 23 December 1980. The crew enjoyed Christmas in Australia and some R&R before departing on 29 December 1980. The Philadelphia arrived home in late January 1981. In 1988, Philadelphia became the first submarine to receive TLAM-D capability. In 1994, Philadelphia completed the first refueling overhaul of a Los Angeles-class submarine. This was completed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Philadelphia underwent conversion to carry a Dry Deck Shelter (12 June–6 October 1998), a platform capable of carrying Special Operations Forces. In addition, she was fitted to provide Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) mother ship support. Philadelphia collided with Turkish merchant ship Yaso Aysen while the boat steamed on the surface toward Bahrain, about 30 nautical miles northeast of that port, at approximately 0200 on 5 September 2005. Neither vessel reported casualties in the mid watch mishap. The Navy evaluated the damage to Philadelphia as “superficial.” The Turkish ship sustained minor damage to her hull above the waterline, but the U.S. Coast Guard inspected Yaso Aysen and declared her seaworthy. Cmdr. Steven M. Oxholm, Philadelphia’s commanding officer, was relieved. In 2006, Philadelphia completed the first-ever Pre-Inactivation Restricted Availability (PIRA) conducted at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. On 20 July 2009 the Navy announced that the submarine would be inactivated on 10 June 2010 and subsequently decommissioned. Philadelphia was decommissioned on 25 June 2010, the thirty-third anniversary of her commissioning. Since 1 September 2019 she has been undergoing recycling. Deployments: She was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in 1979, 1982, 1986, 1991 (where she later went on to support Operation Desert Storm), 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009, the last three of which also involved operations in support of CENTCOM. She performed a single Western Pacific deployment in 1980. She also spent a fair amount of time in the Atlantic Ocean, including deployments to the Northern part of the Ocean in 1983, 1992, 1996, 1997, and 1999, and one Eastern Atlantic deployment in 1989. sources: NHHC + wikipedia |
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Philadelphia ... is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. Its population was 1.60 million at the 2020 census and estimated at 1.57 million in 2025. The Philadelphia metropolitan area, also known as the Delaware Valley, has 6.33 million residents and is the nation's ninth-largest metropolitan area. |
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