USS Norfolk (SSN-714)

USS Norfolk in 2008
History
United States
Name	Norfolk
Namesake	Norfolk, Virginia
Awarded	20 February 1976
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down	1 August 1979
Launched	31 October 1981
Sponsored by	Mrs. Caspar Weinberger
Commissioned	21 May 1983
Decommissioned	11 December 2014
Stricken	11 December 2014
Homeport	Norfolk, Virginia
Motto	Vi per Concordiam (Latin: "Strength through Unity")
Status	Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
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General characteristics
Class and type	Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement	5,751 tons light, 6,126 tons full, 375 tons dead
Length	110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	S6G nuclear reactor
Complement	12 officers, 98 enlisted
Armament	4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Norfolk (SSN-714), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Norfolk, Virginia.

History

The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 20 February 1976 and her keel was laid down on 1 August 1979. She was launched on 31 October 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Caspar Weinberger, and commissioned on 21 May 1983.

Norfolk conducted extensive trials of the next-generation torpedo, ADCAP, as well as advanced and secret acoustic experiments. The ship also made an active deployment during one of the final spurts of activity from the declining Soviet navy. On 23 July 1988 Norfolk fired the first ADCAP torpedo, sinking the ex-USS Jonas Ingram.^[1]

On 17 January 1989, Norfolk collided with the combat stores ship USS San Diego in the Thimble Shoals channel as both vessels were headed to sea.^[2] Norfolk struck her starboard side into the port side of San Diego. There were no injuries, but both ships suffered damage. Norfolk's commanding officer was subsequently relieved of command.^[3] The sub made a surface transit to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay for drydocking and repairs within a few days,^[1] and San Diego required dry dock repairs that were completed 10 April 1989.^[2] As a result of this collision, COMSUBLANT issued orders limiting submarine speed and passing activities while in the restricted waters of the Hampton Roads channels.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 August 2004, Norfolk returned to Naval Station Norfolk after a 22-month Engineering Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Norfolk was decommissioned on 11 December 2014 at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.^[4]

References

External links

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
• Navsource: USS Norfolk
• Jonas Ingram Sinkex

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