(insert image and caption here) | |
Career | |
---|---|
Ordered: | October 5, 1988 |
Laid down: | July 3, 1990 |
Launched: | July 16, 1994 |
Delivered: | June 23, 1995 |
Commissioned: | July 29, 1995 |
Fate: | in service |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 16600 tons light, 18700 tons full, 2100 tons dead |
Length: | 560 feet |
Beam: | 42 feet |
Draft: | 38 feet |
Speed: | 30+ knots |
Complement: | 13 officers, 140 enlisted |
Armament: | 24 Trident missiles, four 21-inch torpedo tubes |
USS Maine (SSBN 741), an Ohio-class Trident ballistic missile nuclear submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy authorized (the third commissioned) to be named in honor of the 23rd state, was . The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut, on October 5, 1988, and construction began on July 3, 1990. Maine was launched on July 16, 1994, delivered to the Navy on June 23, 1995, and commissioned on July 29, 1995.
Maine is homeported in Kings Bay, Georgia[?].
See USS Maine for other ships of this name.
wikipedia.org dumped 2003-03-17 with terodump