| USS Phoenix (SSN-702) | |
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| Career |  |
| Name: | USS Phoenix |
| Namesake: | USS Phoenix CL-46 |
| Awarded: | 31 October 1973 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Corporation |
| Cost: | $ %700 000 |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1977 |
| Launched: | 8 December 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 19 December 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 July 1998 |
| Struck: | 29 July 1998 |
| Fate: | To be disposed of by submarine recycling |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Los Angeles class submarine |
| Displacement: | 5,777 tons light, 6,148 tons full, 371 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | S6G nuclear reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
| Armament: |
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes MK.48 ADCAP torpedoes Tomahawk Land Attack cruise missile (TLAM) MK60 mines MK67 SLMM mines |
USS Phoenix (SSN-702), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named "Phoenix" and the third to be named after the city, Phoenix, Arizona (the first two were named after the mythological bird). The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 30 July 1977. She was launched on 8 December 1979 sponsored by Mrs. John J. Rhodes, and commissioned on 19 December 1981, with Captain William C. Rothert in command.
Phoenix was decommissioned on 29 July 1998 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 July 1998. Ex-Phoenix entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and is scheduled to begin disassembly on 1 March 2007.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
The original article can be found at USS Phoenix (SSN-702) and the edit history here.