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USS ATLANTA SSN 712
12/16/1999 Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
ATLANTA (SSN 712) SUBMARINE (NUCLEAR POWERED)
UIC:
20888
Class:
SSN 688
Fleet:
Atlantic
Status:
Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling(ashame!)
Date status changed:
12/16/1999
Planned Disposition:
SCRAPPING (RECYCLING)
Maintenance Category:
Z
Force:
MARAD Type
Builder:
NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT
Delivery Date:
02/26/1982
Award Date:
08/01/1975
Age (since delivery):
19.8 years
Keel Date:
08/17/1978
Commission Date:
03/06/1982
Launch Date:
08/16/1980
Decommission Date:
12/16/1999
Age (since launch) :
21.3 years Years from Commission to Decommission: 17.8
Stricken Date:
12/16/1999
(No changes to this information were reported since 01/14/2000)
Overall Length:
362 ft Waterline Length: 0 ft
Extreme Beam:
33 ft Waterline Beam: 0 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft:
32 ft Draft Limit: 0 ft
Light Displacement:
5732 tons
Full Displacement
6160 tons
Dead Weight:
428 tons
Hull Material:
Steel hull, steel superstructure
Number of Propellers:
1
Propulsion Type:
Steam Turbine (Nuclear)
Accommodations:
Officers: 12 Enlisted: 98
Custodian:
NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, VA (NAVSHIPYD) Ships
Scheduled for inactivation, decommissioning by SUBLANT Public Affairs
NORFOLK (NWS) -- USS Atlanta (SSN 712) will be honored Jan. 22 after nearly 17 years of service during an inactivation ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station.
Commissioned March 6, 1982, USS Atlanta is the fifth naval vessel to carry the name. During her career, the nuclear powered attack submarine completed
six deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and three deployments to the western Atlantic.
She was the first submarine certified to employ the MK-48 torpedo and both Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles.
She was also the first nuclear powered submarine assigned to directly support an amphibious ready group. Atlanta will depart Norfolk Naval Station for the last time and transit to Norfolk Naval Shipyard Jan. 25 for decommissioning
