USS Boston (SSN-703)

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USS Boston (SSN-703)
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Boston
Namesake Boston, Massachusetts
Awarded10 December 1973
Builder General Dynamics Corporation
Laid down11 August 1978
Launched19 April 1980
Commissioned30 January 1982
Decommissioned19 November 1999
Stricken19 November 1999
MottoFreedom's Birthplace
FateScrapped with only the sail on display at Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
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General characteristics
Class & type Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement5,779 tons light, 6,150 tons full, 371 tons dead
Length110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Propulsion S6G nuclear reactor
Complement12 officers, 98 men
Armament

USS Boston (SSN-703), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boston, Massachusetts.

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History

The contract to build Boston was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 1978. She was launched on 19 April 1980 sponsored by Mrs. Karen Dane Hidalgo (née Jernstedt), wife of the Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo, and commissioned on 30 January 1982, with Captain Jon M. Barr in command.

In 1998 Boston participated in a UNITAS South America deployment.

Decommissioning

Due to cutbacks in the Defense Budget; Boston, like many of her early Los Angeles-class sisters was not given her mid-life nuclear refueling, and was decommissioned and stricken on 19 November 1999 from the Naval Vessel Register. Ex-Boston entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 2001 and on 19 September 2002 ceased to exist. Her sail and upper rudder were preserved for display at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New York. [1]

The sub sail of USS Boston at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park USS Boston Sub Sail.jpg
The sub sail of USS Boston at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park

Awards

Boston was a much-decorated ship. The crew distinguished themselves on numerous occasions by meritorious service and outstanding performance. Awards included the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy and the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award, both of which are presented to one ship in the Pacific and one ship in the Atlantic. Her other awards included:

References

This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register .
  1. ↑ "Sub Sail Image" . Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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