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USS MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL was the 21st LOS ANGELES - class attack submarine and the 16th ship in that class built by Electric Boat in Groton, CT. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list, the MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL is presently at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., awaiting to be recycled.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: October 31, 1973 |
Keel Laid: January 20, 1981 | |
Launched: March 19, 1983 | |
Commissioned: March 10, 1984 | |
Inactivated: June 22, 2007 | |
Decommissioned: August 28, 2008 | |
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. 6,000 tons | |
Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons | |
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots | |
Submerged: approx. 32 knots | |
Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for | |
Cost: approx. $900 million | |
Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
Accidents aboard USS MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL:
Date | Where | Events |
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December 29, 2006 | Devonport, England | Two sailors are killed and two are injured when they fall overboard while the MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL is getting underway from the harbor of Devonport, England. All four were recovered from the water by fellow crewmembers and British authorities and were taken to a local hospital where two of the sailors were pronounced dead. The accident happened after a week-long port visit to the city of Devonport, England. |
USS MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL Image Gallery:
The photos below were taken by me and show the MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL laid-up at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on March 14, 2010.
The photo below was taken by me and shows a number of decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarines laid up at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. The photo was taken from Port Orchard, Wash., on May 12, 2012. The submarines' names are on the photo.