USS Helena (SSN-725), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. She was launched on 28 June 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Jean Busey, and commissioned on 11 July 1987. She is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2024 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Helena |
| Namesake | The City of Helena, Montana |
| Awarded | 19 April 1982 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 28 March 1985 |
| Launched | 28 June 1986 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Jean Busey |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1987 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Identification | UIC 21367 |
| Motto | Proud and Fearless |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | Steam Turbine (nuclear) |
| Propulsion | |
| Complement | 12 officers; 98 enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km), Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines |
References
editThis article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.
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edit- ^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2022.