USS GROTON was the seventh LOS ANGELES - class attack submarine. Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on November 7, 1997, the GROTON is currently berthed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, awaiting disposal through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: January 31, 1971 |
| Keel Laid: August 3, 1973 |
| Launched: October 9, 1976 |
| Commissioned: July 8, 1978 |
| Decommissioned: November 7, 1997 |
| 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 |
| Displacement: Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons |
| Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots |
| Speed: Submerged: approx. 32 knots |
| Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles |
| Cost: approx. $900 million |
| Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted |
The photo below was taken by me and shows the GROTON laid-up at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. The three submarines are: AUGUSTA (SSN 710), GROTON and the INDIANAPOLIS (SSN 697). The photo was taken on March 14, 2010.
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