USS Providence (SSN-719)

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USS Providence (SSN-719)
US Navy 101008-N-7516W-018 The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) transits the Thames River as it departs Naval Submarine.jpg
Providence transiting the Thames River, Connecticut
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Providence
Namesake City of Providence
Awarded16 April 1979
Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down14 October 1982
Launched4 August 1984
Acquired26 June 1985
Commissioned27 July 1985
Decommissioned22 August 2022
Out of service2 December 2021
Stricken22 August 2022
IdentificationUIC 21029
Motto
  • Providentia Remedium Belli
  • (Latin: "Providence for war is the best prevention for it")
StatusStricken, Final Disposition Pending
Badge 719insig.png
General characteristics
Class and type Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement
  • 5,781 long tons (5,874 t) light
  • 6,184 long tons (6,283 t) full
  • 403 long tons (409 t) dead
Length110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5% [1] [2]
  • 2 × steam turbines (33,500) shp
  • 1 × shaft
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW)
Speed
  • Surfaced:20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
  • Submerged: +20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) (official)
Complement12 officers; 98 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems		BQQ-10 passive sonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, BYG-1 fire control, BLQ-10 radio and ESM, BPS-15H radar
Armament4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km), Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines
USS Providence sailors march in the 2007 Bristol Fourth of July Parade US Navy 070704-N-5225S-001 Sailors from fast-attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) march in the Fourth of July parade.jpg
USS Providence sailors march in the 2007 Bristol Fourth of July Parade

USS Providence (SSN-719), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fifth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Providence, Rhode Island. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 14 October 1982. She was launched on 4 August 1984 sponsored by Mrs. William F. Smith, and commissioned on 27 July 1985. [3] [4]

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Providence is the first Los Angeles class submarine to be equipped with the Tomahawk missile Vertical Launch System (VLS). While others used test boxes and programs, Providence was the first submarine to launch a Tomahawk cruise missile from the VLS system using its combat system CCS MK1 and associated software Program C4.1.

History

Providence has been deployed several times to the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Persian Gulf. Some of the ports visited have included Port Canaveral (Cocoa Beach, Florida) and Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, Tromsø, Norway, Halifax, Canada, Gibraltar, Toulon, France, Souda Bay, Crete, La Maddalena, Italy, and Koper, Slovenia, in the Mediterranean, and al-Manama, Bahrain, and both Dubai and Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. The submarine has made transits of the Suez Canal in 1998, 2001, and 2003 and participated in Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she earned the nickname "Big dog of the Red Sea wolf pack."

She has since been retrofitted with numerous upgrades including the AN/BYG-1 Fire Control system and AN/BQQ-10 ARCI Sonar suite. Her achievements continued in 2006–2007 as she has also completed an around-the-world deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean earning the coveted Order of Magellan certificate, participating in Exercise MALABAR 2006, and many other significant assignments. Port visits included Singapore, Yokosuka and Okinawa in Japan, Goa in India, as well as transits through both the Suez Canal and Panama Canal.

Providence in the Arctic ice, 1 July 2008 USS Providence (SSN-719) North Pole.jpg
Providence in the Arctic ice, 1 July 2008

In 2008, she completed another deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, only this time taking a northern route, successfully transiting under the arctic ice cap. On 1 July 2008 she surfaced at the North Pole to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the historic feat of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) in 1958.

On March 19, 2011, Providence launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at Libyan air defenses as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. [5] [6]

With the decommissioning of USS Bremerton (SSN-698) on 21 May 2021, Providence became the oldest active Los Angeles-class submarine in the US Fleet. She was then assigned to Submarine Squadron 12 at US Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut. [7]

Inactivation and decommissioning

On 20 August 2021, a Change of Homeport ceremony was held at the Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Connecticut. Providence was then transferred to Kitsap Naval Base in Bremerton , Washington for decommissioning after 37 years of service. [8] Providence was officially placed in reserve status, inactivated but in commission on 2 December 2021. The submarine was officially decommissioned on 15 August 2022 (although she was decommissioned on 22 August 2022 in the Naval Vessel Register) and the decommissioning ceremony for Providence was held on 1 September 2022. [9] [3]

Awards and decorations

Providence won the Tomahawk Strike Derby in 1988 [10] with a 5-second time on target. The USS Providence was the winner of the 2008 Arleigh Burke Award for superior performance in battle efficiency, presented by Fleet Forces Command on Monday 16 June 2008. Providence has, once again, earned the coveted 2008–2009 Battle Efficiency 'E' for COMSUBRON 2.

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  2. ↑ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Providence (SSN-719)". NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Burns, Robert, "First wave of allied assault: 112 cruise missiles", Yahoo! News , 20 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. ↑ McDermott, Jennifer (29 March 2011). "USS Providence is known for being where the action is". The Day. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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  8. ↑ "USS Providence holds change homeport ceremony ahead decommissioning". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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