USS Alabama (SSBN-731)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Alabama.
USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is the sixth Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, and the seventh United States vessel to be named for the state of Alabama. The boat's motto duplicates the state's motto, Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere ("We dare defend our rights").[6]
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USS Alabama (SSBN-731) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Alabama |
Namesake | State of Alabama |
Ordered | 27 February 1978 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
Laid down | 14 October 1980 |
Launched | 19 May 1984 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Barbara E. Dickinson |
Commissioned | 25 May 1985 |
Homeport | Bangor, Washington |
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Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 560 ft (170 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m)[1] |
Draft | 38 ft (12 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[5] |
Test depth | Greater than 800 feet (240 m)[5] |
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