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Named after the most southern place of the United States, USS KEY WEST is the 35th LOS ANGELES-class nuclear-powered attack submarine.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 13, 1981 |
| Keel Laid: July 6, 1983 | |
| Launched: July 20, 1985 | |
| Commissioned: September 12, 1987 | |
| 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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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS KEY WEST. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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The photos below were taken by Stefan Karpinski and show the KEY WEST underway in Middle East waters in 2003.
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