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USS Columbus (SSN 762)

USS COLUMBUS is the 51st attack submarine in the LOS ANGELES - class and the 12th of the 23 improved LOS ANGELES - class submarines.

General Characteristics:Awarded: March 21, 1986
Keel laid: January 9, 1991
Launched: August 1, 1992
Commissioned: July 24, 1993
Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT
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. 6,300 tons     Submerged: approx. 7,100 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots     Submerged: approx. 32 knots
Armament: Tomahawk missiles from 12 VLS-tubes, four 533 mm torpedo Tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon missiles, ability to lay mines
Cost: approx. $900 million
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, HI
Crew: 13 Officers, 116 Enlisted


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Crew List:

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


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