USS Phoenix

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USS Phoenix (SSN-702), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named "Phoenix" and the third to be named after the city, Phoenix, Arizona. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 31 October 1973, and her keel was laid down on 30 July 1977. She was launched on 8 December 1979, sponsored by Mrs. Betty Harvey Rhodes, wife of Congressman John J. Rhodes, and commissioned on 19 December 1981.

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mass 6818 tonne, mass 6082 tonne, draft 9.4 metre, length 110 metre, speed 33 knot, speed 20 knot, beam 10 metre, speed 30 knot, HarpoonMark 48 torpedo
Los Angeles-class submarineattack submarineGeneral DynamicsUnited States Navy


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    ship commissioning
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    ship decommissioning
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    SH-3H Sea King of HS-4 hovers over USS Phoenix (SSN-702) in July 1983SH-3H Sea King of HS-4 hovers over USS Phoenix (SSN-702) in July 1983
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