USS Connecticut (SSN 22)

USS CONNECTICUT is the second of the three SEAWOLF - class nuclear powered Attack Submarines and the fifth ship in the Navy to bear the name of the state. On May 1, 2002, the submarine left Groton, Conn., on its maiden deployment to the Mediterranean.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: May 3, 1992
	Launched and Christened: September 1, 1997
	Commissioned: December 11, 1998
	Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.
	Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
	Propellers: one
	Length: 353 feet (107.6 meters)
	Beam: 40 feet (12.2 meters)
	Draft: 35 feet (10.67 meters)
	Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 7,460 tons
	Displacement: Submerged: approx. 9,137 tons
	Speed: Surfaced: approx. 20 knots
	Speed: Submerged: approx. 35 knots
	Armament: Tomahawk missiles and Mk-48 torpedoes from eight 660 mm torpedo tubes, ability to lay mines
	Homeport: Bremerton, Wash.
	Crew: 12 Officers, 121 Enlisted

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Crew List:

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

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Accidents aboard USS CONNECTICUT:

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April 27, 2003

near the North Pole

During the ICEX 2003 naval exercises near the North Pole, USS CONNECTICUT was stalked and "attacked" by a "hostile" polar bear when the submarine poked its sail and rudder through the ice.

The damage to CONNECTICUT's rudder was reported to be minor.

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USS CONNECTICUT Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the CONNECTICUT at Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., on October 12, 2019. Note the damage on the front of the sail.

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