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USS PROVIDENCE is the 32nd LOS ANGELES - class Attack Submarine. Starting with USS PROVIDENCE and beyond the last 31 hulls of the LOS ANGELES - class have 12 vertical launch tubes for the Tomahawk cruise missile, along with an upgraded reactor core.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: April 16, 1979 |
| Keel Laid: October 14, 1982 | |
| Launched: August 4, 1984 | |
| Commissioned: July 27, 1985 | |
| Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Conn. | |
| 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: Harpoon missiles, Tomahawk missiles from 12 vertical launch tubes, four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes | |
| Cost: approx. $900 million | |
| Homeport: Groton, Conn. | |
| Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS PROVIDENCE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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