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USS Baltimore (SSN-704)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Awarded: | 31 October 1973 |
| Laid down: | 21 May 1979 |
| Launched: | 13 December 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 24 July 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 July 1998 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 10 July 1998 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5714 tons light, 6087 tons full, 373 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.7 meters (32 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS Baltimore (SSN-704), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 21 May 1979. She was launched on 13 December 1980 sponsored by the Honorable Marjorie S. Holt, and commissioned on 24 July 1982 with Captain Michael D. Bradley in command.
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Baltimore was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 July 1998. Ex-Baltimore is scheduled to be disposed of through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.
See USS Baltimore for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.
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