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USS Scranton (SSN 756)

USS SCRANTON is the 45^th submarine in the LOS ANGELES class and the 19^th ship of that class built in Newport News, Virginia.

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Crew List:

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

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USS SCRANTON History:

USS SCRANTON is a LOS ANGELES - class fast-attack submarine built at Newport News Shipbuilding using modular construction methods: sections were outfitted and joined without a traditional keel-laying ceremony, then floated in a dry dock for completion. The Navy awarded the construction contract on 26 November 1984; assembly began on 29 August 1986, launch followed on 3 July 1989, and commissioning took place at Naval Station Norfolk on 26 January 1991 under the command of Cmdr. John G. Meyer. In her first years the boat settled into Atlantic Fleet routines of post-delivery trials, tactical development, and certifications.

Operationally, SCRANTON's 1990s deployments followed the post-Cold War pattern for Atlantic attack submarines. She made multiple Mediterranean cruises in 1993, 1994, and 1996, with associated North Atlantic work in 1994 and 1998. The 1996 deployment extended into the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf, where submarines commonly supported sanctions enforcement, maritime surveillance, and Tomahawk readiness during the era of Operations Southern Watch and Desert Strike. These cycles bracketed the platform's maturation in undersea warfare, strike support, and intelligence collection.

By mid-2000s deployments, SCRANTON regularly embarked with expeditionary and carrier groups. A documented return to Norfolk on 27 September 2005 closed a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the KEARSARGE (LHD 3) Expeditionary Strike Group, including participation in two joint and multinational exercises in Sixth Fleet waters. Early 2006 brought a notable development and test milestone: in January, SCRANTON successfully homed and docked an AN/BLQ-11 Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS) unmanned undersea vehicle during at-sea trials, demonstrating tube-launched/tube-recovered UUV operations from a 688 - class submarine.

The submarine continued to cycle through Mediterranean tasking with periodic liberty and logistics stops at Souda Bay, Crete. Photographic records place her there during a routine port visit on 15 June 2007 and again getting underway after a stop on 18 March 2009 while operating with the DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group. These visits typify the brief pier periods that punctuate long undersea patrols, supporting resupply and crew rest between high-tempo operations.

In early 2011, SCRANTON departed Norfolk (21 January) for a Sixth Fleet deployment that soon intersected the opening phase of the Libya operation. On 19 March 2011, she launched Tomahawk land-attack missiles against Libyan air defenses as part of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn and the enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1973, then continued theater tasking in the central Mediterranean. During that patrol she made a documented port call at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay on 25 March and returned to Norfolk in mid-August after roughly seven months away.

After another European/Central Command deployment spanning 2013 into early 2014 - press coverage at the time noted more than 40,000 nautical miles and port visits in Portugal, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Diego Garcia - SCRANTON shifted to deep maintenance. She arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in early August 2014 for a major overhaul and modernization package, completing the two-year availability in 2016. This yard period reset hull, mechanical/electrical systems, and combat systems for the second half of her service life.

On 21 November 2016, SCRANTON arrived at Naval Base Point Loma, completing a homeport change to San Diego after sea trials and three months of post-overhaul operations. She joined Submarine Squadron 11 for Pacific tasking, anchoring her future deployment rhythm to Seventh Fleet priority missions.

Her first extended Western Pacific cruise from San Diego concluded on 7 September 2022. Over roughly seven months in the US Seventh Fleet area, SCRANTON steamed about 50,000 nautical miles, crossed the International Date Line, and executed theater security and high-priority tasking. Documented liberty and logistics ports included Guam, Yokosuka, and Okinawa, reflecting an itinerary oriented toward forward maintenance support and allied interoperability in the Indo-Pacific.

Maintenance again took center stage in 2023-2024, when SCRANTON entered the floating dry dock ARCO (ARDM 5) at Naval Base Point Loma on 23 August 2023 for a Dry-Docking Selected Restricted Availability, supported on site by a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF detachment. She undocked on 4 September 2024, with officials describing the off-station CNO availability as a complex, multi-team effort that ran beyond the original eight-month plan due to added work and administrative constraints.

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USS SCRANTON Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by me and show the SCRANTON undergoing maintenance at Naval Base Norfolk, Va., on October 27, 2010 (the first two photos) and October 29, 2010 (the last photo).

The photos below were taken by Sebastian Thoma and show the SCRANTON at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on December 20, 2016.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the SCRANTON at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on October 11, 2017.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the SCRANTON at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on March 2, 2019.

The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows the SCRANTON at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on December 28, 2021.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the SCRANTON at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on October 10, 2022.

The photos below were taken by me and show USS SCRANTON docked in ARCO (ARDM 5) at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on July 26, 2024.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show USS SCRANTON at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on October 15, 2024.

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