USS Phoenix (SSN-702)
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- See USS Phoenix for other ships of the same name.
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 31 October 1973 |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1977 |
| Launched: | 8 December 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 19 December 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 July 1998 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 29 July 1998 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5777 tons light, 6148 tons full, 371 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.7 meters (32 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
| Armament: | 4x 21-inch Horizontal Launch Tubes
MK-48 ADCAP Torpedoes |
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USS Phoenix (SSN-702), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named "Phoenix" and the third to be named after the city, Phoenix, Arizona (the first two were named after the mythological bird). 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 30 July 1977. She was launched on 8 December 1979 sponsored by Mrs. John J. Rhodes, and commissioned on 19 December 1981, with Captain William C. Rothert in command.
16½ years of history go here
Phoenix was decommissioned on 29 July 1998 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 July 1998. Ex-Phoenix entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and is scheduled to begin disassembly on 1 March 2007.
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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