USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719)
SUBMARINE (NUCLEAR-POWERED)
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		SSN 688				UIC:		21029
Status:		Active, in commission				Fleet:		U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET
Date Status Changed:		07/27/1985				Homeport:		GROTON, CT
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:		Battle Force
Builder:		General Dynamics Corp.
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		04/16/1979				Commission Date:		07/27/1985
Keel Date:		10/14/1982				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		08/04/1984				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		33.7				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		06/26/1985				In-Service Date:
Age (since Delivery)		32.8				Out of Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		362 ft				Waterline Length:
Extreme Beam:		33 ft				Waterline Beam:
Max Navigational Draft:		31 ft				Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:		5781 tons				Full Displacement:		6184 tons
Dead Weight:		403 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, steel superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		1
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Steam Turbine (Nuclear)
Accommodations:			Officers:		12
			Enlisted:		98
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			US NAVY
Planning Yard:			Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding
Nuclear Planning Yard:			Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics, Groton, CT
Ships Program Manager:		392
Comments:
Last Updated:		03/08/2018
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