USS Annapolis (SSN-760)

USS Annapolis underway
History
United States
NameUSS Annapolis
NamesakeAnnapolis, Maryland
Awarded21 March 1986
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down15 June 1988
Launched18 May 1991
Sponsored byMrs. Myra F. Kauderer
Commissioned11 April 1992
HomeportNaval Base Guam
MottoBorn Free, Hope to Die Free
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeLos Angeles-class submarine
Displacement
  • 6,000 long tons (6,096 t) light (surfaced)
  • 6,927 long tons (7,038 t) full (dived)
  • 927 long tons (942 t) dead
Length110.34 m (362 ft 0 in)
Beam10.06 m (33 ft 0 in)
Draft9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
Depth122 m (400 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%[1][2]
  • 2 × steam turbines (33,500) shp
  • 1 × shaft
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW)
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)+
Complement12 officers, 115 men
Sensors and
processing systems
BQQ-10 Sonar; BPS-15 Surface Search Radar;
Armament

USS Annapolis (SSN-760), is the tenth "improved" Los Angeles-class submarine. Annapolis is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Annapolis, Maryland, site of the United States Naval Academy.

  1. ^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ "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.

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