USS Miami (SSN-755)

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USS Miami in Port Everglades
Career USN Jack
Awarded: 28 November 1983
Laid down: 24 October 1986
Launched: 12 November 1988
Commissioned: 30 June 1990
Status: Template:Active in service
Homeport: Groton, Connecticut
General Characteristics
Displacement: 5751 tons light, 6146 tons full, 395 tons dead
Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam: 10 meters (33 feet)
Draft: 9.4 meters (31 feet)
Propulsion: one S6G reactor
Complement: 12 officers, 98 men

USS Miami (SSN-755), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Miami, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 28 November 1983 and her keel was laid down on 24 October 1986. She was launched on 12 November 1988 sponsored by Mrs. Jane P. Wilkinson, and commissioned on 30 June 1990 with Commander Thomas W. Mader in command.

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Ship's crest

   at least 15 years of history go here.

See USS Miami for other ships of the same name.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.