USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735)

USS PENNSYLVANIA is the tenth ship in the OHIO class and the first submarine in the Navy to bear the name of the state.

General Characteristics:

Keel Laid: January 10, 1984

Launched: April 23, 1988

Commissioned: September 9, 1989

Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.

Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor

Propellers: one

Length: 560 feet (171 meters)

Beam: 42 feet (12.8 meters)

Draft: 36,5 feet (11.1 meters)

Displacement:

Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons
Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons

Speed: 20+ knots

Armament: 24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mk-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes

Homeport: Bangor, Wash.

Crew: 17 Officers, 15 Chief Petty Officers and 122 Enlisted (2 crews)

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS PENNSYLVANIA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS PENNSYLVANIA:

Date	Where	Events
September 29, 1989	Port Canaveral, Fla.	the newly-commissioned USS PENNSYLVANIA runs aground as it enters the channel during its first visit to Port Canaveral, Fla. Tugboats free the submarine in about two hours and a Navy spokesman says, "As far as we know, it's fine". Port Canaveral is a public dock facility adjacent to the Navy complex where submarines are loaded with missiles foir test firings off Cape Canaveral.

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