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USS Nebraska (SSBN-739)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Class: | Ohio class submarine (SSBN) |
| Builders: | General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut. |
| Ordered: | 29 November 1982 |
| Laid down: | May 26, 1987 |
| Launched: | August 15, 1992 |
| Commissioned: | July 10, 1993 |
| Fate: | |
| Homeport: | Bangor, Washington |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 17,033 tons surfaced; 19,000 tons submerged |
| Length: | 170.69 meters (560 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.8 meters (42 ft) |
| Draft: | 11.5 meters (38 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S8G reactor |
| Complement: | 17 Officers, 15 Chief Petty Officers and 122 Enlisted (2 crews) |
| Armament: | 24 tubes for Trident I and II, MK-48 torpedoes, mobile submarine simulator decoys, four torpedo tubes. |
| Motto: | Defensor Pacis |
USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) is the 14th Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, and the second U.S. naval ship to be named in honor of the 37th state of the Union.
The contract to build to Nebraska was awarded on 26 May 1987 to General Dynamics. The keel was laid on 6 July 1987 and she was launched roughly five years later on 15 August 1992, sponsored by Carol Laxalt, the wife of Senator Paul Laxalt. Nebraska was delivered to the US Navy on 18 June 1993, and commissioned on 10 July 1993.
She is a ballistic missile submarine capable of carying the Trident missile. Nebraska is nicknamed 'Big Red', which she shares with the University of Nebraska mascot.
Nebraska, originally assigned to Submarine Group 10 at Kings Bay, Georgia since commissioning, was transferred to Bangor, Washington, effective 1 October 2004.
See USS Nebraska for other ships of this name.
External links
- USS Nebraska official site
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Nebraska
- navsource.org: USS Nebraska
- united-states-navy.com: USS Nebraska
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