USS Birmingham (SSN-695)
{{short description|Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Birmingham}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=USS Birmingham SSN-695.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption=Birmingham underway }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1997}} |Ship name=USS Birmingham |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= 24 January 1972 |Ship builder=Newport News Shipbuilding |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=26 April 1975 |Ship launched=29 October 1977 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 16 December 1978 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= 22 December 1997 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= 22 December 1997 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= Simpliciter Optimus (translated from the unofficial English language "Simply the Best" by former-MM1(SS) Rick Penza) |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Disposed of by submarine recycling |Ship notes= |Ship badge=150px }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}} |Ship displacement=*5,789 tons light
|Ship length= {{convert|110.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draft= {{convert|9.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=S6G nuclear reactor, 2 turbines, 35,000 hp (26 MW), 1 auxiliary motor 325 hp (242 kW), 1 shaft |Ship speed=*{{convert|15|kn|km/h}} surfaced
|Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth=Greater than {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship complement=12 officers; 98 enlisted |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= *4 × {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} bow torpedo tubes
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USS Birmingham (SSN-695), a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 26 April 1975. She was launched on 29 October 1977 sponsored by Mrs. Maryon Pittman Allen, wife of Senator James Allen, and commissioned on 16 December 1978.
Birmingham was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 December 1997. Ex-Birmingham was scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington on 1 October 2012.{{cite journal |url= http://www.usni.org/sites/default/files/Morison%20May%2011.pdf |first= Samuel L |last= Morison |title= US Naval Battle Force Changes 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2010 |journal= Proceedings |issue= May 2011 |publisher= US Naval Institute }} In September 2015, Birmingham{{'}}s sail was placed on static display at Defense Supply Center, Columbus.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
References
- {{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN695}}}}
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External links
{{Commons category|USS Birmingham (SSN-695)}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080605002903/http://www.ssn695.org/ Unofficial web site of USS Birmingham SSN 695]
{{Los Angeles class submarines}}
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Category:Los Angeles-class submarines
Category:Cold War submarines of the United States
Category:Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy
Category:Ships built in Newport News, Virginia
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