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USS Charlotte (SSN-766)
USS Charlotte (SSN-766) off the coast of Oahu
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Name: USS Charlotte
Namesake: The City of Charlotte, North Carolina
Awarded: 6 February 1987
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down: 17 August 1990
Launched: 3 October 1992
Sponsored by: Mrs. Mary McCormack
Commissioned: 16 September 1994
Homeport: Pearl Harbor
Motto: Silent Stinger
Status: in active service, as of 2025
Badge: 766insig
General characteristics
Class & type: Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement: 6,000 long tons (6,096 t) light
6,927 long tons (7,038 t) full
927 long tons (942 t) dead
Length: 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft: 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: S6G nuclear reactor
Complement: 12 officers, 98 men
Armament: • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
• 10 × Mark 48 ADCAP torpedoes
Tomahawk missiles
Harpoon missiles
• Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines
Mark 60 CAPTOR mines

USS Charlotte (SSN-766), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. She was launched on 3 October 1992 sponsored by Mrs. Mary McComack, and commissioned on 16 September 1994, with Commander Michael Matthews in command. The current commanding officer is Commander Richard Young.[1]

History[]

Charlotte Northpole

Charlotte at the north pole

On 29 November 2005, Charlotte arrived in Norfolk, Virginia, having taken the northern route from Pearl Harbor, under the Arctic ice cap. Along the way, she surfaced at the North Pole through 61 inches of ice, a record for a Los Angeles-class submarine.[2]

On 24 October 2007, Charlotte returned to Pearl Harbor from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after nearly two years in a Depot Modernization Period.[3]

Charlotte in Fiction[]

In Tom Clancy's book Debt of Honor, USS Charlotte is sunk by the Japanese sub Harushio along with her sister ship USS Asheville.

USS Charlotte also makes an appearance in Dan Brown's novel Deception Point, where it plays an important role making covert missions in the Arctic Circle.

References[]

This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.


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