USS BALTIMORE

Specifications

Class:                         Los Angeles "688"

Built:                           Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT

Keel Laid:                    21 May 1979

Launched:                   13 December 1980; CAPT Michael D. Bradley

Commissioned:            24 July 1982

Decommissioned:        10 July 1998; Disposed of through SRP at PSNS.

Displacement:              6,900 tons

Length:                        360 feet

Beam:                         33 Feet

Draft:                           20 Feet

Speed Surface:            25 + Knots

Speed Submerged:      Classified

Depth:                         1200 feet

Collapse Depth:           1475 feet

Power Plant:               One S6G Nuclear Reactor, Two Geared Steam Turbines

Power:                        35,000 S.H.P. [ship horsepower]

Screws:                     1

Complement:             127 Officers and Enlisted Crew

Armament:                 4 Torpedo Tubes
                                 Mine-Laying Capabilities
                                 Advanced Combat Sonar
                                 

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