USS New York City (SSN 696)

- decommissioned -

USS NEW YORK CITY was the ninth Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 15 December 1973, at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 18 June 1977; Commissioned, USS New York City (SSN-696), 3 March 1979. Homeported in Pearl Harbor, HI. Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 30 April 1997; Final Disposition, in storage at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal through the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
 
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,000 t., Submerged: 6.927 t.; Length 360'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth limit 950'; Complement 129; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes aft of bow can also launch Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles & MK-48 torpedoes; Combat Systems, AN/BPS-5 surface search radar, AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar, TB-16D passive towed sonar arrays, TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array, AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array, AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array, AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection); MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System, SADS-TG active detection sonar, Type 2 attack periscope (port), Type 18 search periscope (starboard), AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44, WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver, ESM; Propulsion System, S6G nuclear reactor one propeller at 35,000 shp.

General Characteristics:

 Awarded: January 24, 1972
Keel Laid: December 15, 1973
Launched: June 18, 1977
Commissioned: March 3, 1979
Decommissioned: April 30, 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
Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots
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

 
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New York City The New York City (SSN-696) slides down the launching ways at the

Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 18 June 1977.
New York City An 1979 Oil on canvas painting by the artist William Merklein entitled

"Commission of the New York City (SSN-696)."

New York City An aerial port bow view of the New York City (SSN-696) underway on 1 May 1982.
New York City An aerial port bow view of the Los Angeles Class nuclear-powered attack submarine

New York City (SSN-696) underway on 1 May 1982.
Note: This photo and the above look alike, but they are slightly different,

the guy in the back has his head turned.

New York City Painting by the artist Viktor Stepansky entitled "Los Angeles Class in the Waves".
 
New York City Watercolour painting by the artist Jim Christley entitled "Working Up To Speed".
A Los Angeles Class submarine pushes a tremendous bow wake when traveling on

the surface at high speed. This submarine, built to travel more efficiently when

completely submerged, is working its way up to its full speed while passing a sloop.
New York City New York City (SSN-696) approaching port, bow view, date and place unknown.
An aerial starboard bow view of the New York City (SSN-696)
New York City (SSN-696)
New York City (SSN-696) 1st Day Cover