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USS Atlanta (SSN 712)

- decommissioned -

USS ATLANTA was the 25th LOS ANGELES - class fast attack submarine and the fifth naval vessel to carry the name. During her career she completed six deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and three deployments to the western Atlantic. USS ATLANTA 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.

Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on December 16, 1999, the ATLANTA is now berthed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouths, Va., awaiting scrapping.

General Characteristics:Awarded: August 1, 1975
Keel laid: August 17, 1978
Launched: August 16, 1980
Commissioned: March 6, 1982
Decommissioned: December 16, 1999
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
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. 6,100 tons     Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots     Submerged: approx. 32 knots
Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles
Cost: approx. $900 million
Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS ATLANTA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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Accidents aboard USS ATLANTA:

DateWhereEvents
April 29, 1986Strait of GibraltarUSS ATLANTA runs aground in the Strait of Gibraltar damaging sonar gear and puncturing a ballast tank in the bow section. Navy officials stress that no radiation leaked from the nuclear reactor and no crew members were injured. ATLANTA proceeds to Gibraltar for repairs with water entering through holes in the ballast tank.


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USS ATLANTA Patch Gallery:

Maiden Deployment 1983


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