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USS Chicago (SSN 721)



Named after one of the largest cities in the United States USS CHICAGO is one of the nuclear powered attack submarines of the LOS ANGELES class.

General Characteristics:Awarded: August 13, 1981
Keel Laid: January 5, 1983
Launched: October 13, 1984
Commissioned: September 27, 1986
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
Propellers: one
Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters)
Beam: 33 feet (10 meters)
Draft: 32,15 feet (9.8 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,100 tons
Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots
Submerged: approx. 32 knots
Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles
Cost: approx. $900 million
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted


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Crew List:

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


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