USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pennsylvania.
USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) is a nuclear-powered, United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1989. She is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) in November 1995. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Pennsylvania |
Namesake | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
Ordered | 29 November 1982 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
Launched | 23 April 1988 |
Commissioned | 9 September 1989 |
Homeport | Bangor, Washington |
Identification | SSBN-735 |
Motto | Virtue, Independence, Liberty |
Honors and awards | Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award 2001 |
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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