USS_Birmingham_(SSN-695)

USS <i>Birmingham</i> (SSN-695)

USS Birmingham (SSN-695)

Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy

For other ships with the same name, see USS Birmingham.

USS Birmingham (SSN-695), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 26 April 1975. She was launched on 29 October 1977 sponsored by Mrs. Maryon Pittman Allen, wife of Senator James Allen, and commissioned on 16 December 1978.

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Birmingham was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 December 1997. Ex-Birmingham was scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington on 1 October 2012.[1] In September 2015, Birmingham's sail was placed on static display at Defense Supply Center, Columbus.[citation needed]

References

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    Morison, Samuel L. "US Naval Battle Force Changes 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2010" (PDF). Proceedings (May 2011). US Naval Institute.
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