USS MONTPELIER

Specifications

Class:                         Los Angeles "688I"

Built:                           Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia

Keel Laid:                    19 May 1989

Launched:                    27 July 1991

Commissioned:            13 March 1993

Displacement:              6,900 tons

Length:                        362 feet

Beam:                         33 Feet

Draft:                           20 Feet

Speed Surface:            25 + Knots

Speed Submerged:      Classified

Depth:                         950 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:             134 Officers and Enlisted Crew

Armament:                 4 Torpedo Tubes
                                 12 Vertical Launch Tubes
                                 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
                                 Mine-Laying Capabilities
                                 Advanced Combat Sonar
                                 Advanced Design for Under-Ice Operations

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