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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 695 - USS Birmingham |
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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 24, 1972 Laid down: April 26, 1975 Christened + launched: October 29, 1977 Commissioned: December 16, 1978 Decommissioned: December 22, 1997 Fate: towed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), Bremerton, Washington recycling completed in 2016 Namesake: City of Birmingham, Alabama Ships Motto: Simpliciter Optimus (Simply the Best) Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 departing Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991  departing Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991  moored at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 1984  alongside the submarine tender USS L. Y. Spear (AS 36) - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 1982  emergency surfacing tests during sea trials - 1978  christening and launching ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Virginia - October 29, 1977 |
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USS Birmingham (SSN 695): The third Birmingham (SSN-695) was laid down on 26 April 1975 at Newport News, Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; launched on 29 October 1977; sponsored by Mrs. Maryon P. Allen, wife of Senator James B. Allen of Ala.; footage taken during her commissioning trials was used in the motion picture The Hunt for Red October [released in 1990]; and she was commissioned on 16 December 1978, Capt. Paul L. Callahan in command. Birmingham deployed to the Western Pacific, as part of a battle group formed around aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN-68) on 27 November 1995. The group, that at times also included guided missile cruiser Port Royal (CG-73), guided missile destroyer Callaghan (DDG-994), destroyer Oldendorf (DD-972), guided missile frigate Ford (FFG-54), submarine Portsmouth (SSN-707), oiler Willamette (AO-180) and ammunition ship Shasta (AE-33), operated in the South China Sea before Christmas. Birmingham was inactivated at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, on 27 March 1997, and decommissioned and stricken there on 22 December 1997. The Navy began recycling the submarine at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 2012. source: NHHC |
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Birmingham ... is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024. The Birmingham metropolitan area, with over 1.19 million residents, is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama and 47th-most populous in the US. Birmingham serves as a major regional economic, medical, and educational hub of the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions. It is the county seat of Jefferson County. |
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