USS Nevada (SSBN-733)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 7 January 1981 |
| Laid down: | 8 August 1983 |
| Launched: | 14 September 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 16 August 1986 |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| Homeport: | Bangor, Washington |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15273 tons light, 16808 tons full, 1535 tons dead |
| Length: | 170.6 m (560 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Draft: | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S8G reactor |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 140 men |
| Armament: | MK-48 Torpedoes
24 Trident I C-4 Ballistic Missiles |
| Motto: | Silent Sentry |
USS Nevada (SSBN-733), a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 36th state.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 7 January 1981 and her keel was laid down on 8 August 1983. She was launched on 14 September 1985 sponsored by Mrs. Carol Laxalt, and commissioned on 16 August 1986, with Captain F.W. Rhome in command of the Blue Crew and Captain William Stone in command of the Gold Crew.
See USS Nevada for other ships of the same name.
Nevada in Fiction
- In Tom Clancy's novel Debt of Honor, the Nevada is one of several submarines sent to deal with the Japanese invasion of the Marinas Islands.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
| Ohio-class submarine |
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SSGN 726 Class: |
| List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy |
