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USS PHILADELPHIA was the third LOS ANGELES - class attack submarine and the first ship in her class built by Electric Boat. The submarine was the sixth ship in the Navy named after the city in Pennsylvania where the Continental Congress met during much of the American Revolution.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: January 8, 1971 |
| Keel Laid: August 12, 1972 | |
| Launched: October 19, 1974 | |
| Commissioned: June 25, 1977 | |
| Decommissioned: June 25, 2010 | |
| Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. | |
| Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor | |
| Propellers: one | |
| Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters) | |
| Beam: 33 feet (10 meters) | |
| Draft: 32,15 feet (9.8 meters) | |
| Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,000 tons | |
| Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons | |
| Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots | |
| Submerged: approx. 32 knots | |
| Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for | |
| Cost: approx. $900 million | |
| Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS PHILADELPHIA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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Accidents aboard USS PHILADELPHIA:
| Date | Where | Events |
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| September 29, 1977 | Groton, CT | USS PHILADELPHIA and USS ARCHERFISH (SSN 678) collide stern to stern at slow speeds at the Groton Submarine Base, with minor damage reported. |
| September 5, 2005 | off Bahrain, Persian Gulf | USS PHILADELPHIA and the Turkish-flagged MV YASO AYSEN collide in the Persian Gulf while the PHILADELPHIA is on the surface transiting to Bahrain for a port visit. No sailors or merchant seamen are injured. |
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The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows the PHILADELPHIA laid up at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on October 13, 2017.
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