USS Norfolk (SSN-714)

USS Norfolk in 2008
History
United States
NameNorfolk
NamesakeNorfolk, Virginia
Awarded20 February 1976
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding
Laid down1 August 1979
Launched31 October 1981
Sponsored byMrs. Caspar Weinberger
Commissioned21 May 1983
Decommissioned11 December 2014
Stricken11 December 2014
HomeportNorfolk, Virginia
Motto
  • Vi per Concordiam
  • (Latin: "Strength through Unity")
StatusStricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
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General characteristics
Class & typeLos Angeles-class submarine
Displacement5,751 tons light, 6,126 tons full, 375 tons dead
Length110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
PropulsionS6G nuclear reactor
Complement12 officers, 98 enlisted
Armament4 × 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.

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