USS Charlotte (SSN-766), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. Sponsored by Mrs. Mary McComack, she was launched on 3 October 1992 and commissioned on 16 September 1994. She arrived at her homeport of Naval Station Pearl Harbor on 17 November 1995.
US Navy 020906-N-7683J-003 welcome home for USS Charlotte Sailor
USS Charlotte SSN-766
US Navy 040227-N-9662L-063 Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, speaks to Sailors on board the Los Angles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) pier side on board Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
US Navy 050127-N-5539C-001 Machinist Mate 3rd Class William Bircher holds his two-month old daughter for the first time after returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after a completing a deployment aboard the Los Angeles-class attac
US Navy 050726-N-9769P-001 Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Rear Adm. Jeffrey Fowler watches a Boy Scout troop that adopted the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) as their troop motto
US Navy 051129-N-6639M-001 Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) prepare to moor on board Naval Station Norfolk
US Navy 051129-N-6639M-005 Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) moor the submarine after arriving at Naval Station Norfolk
US Navy 051129-N-6639M-004 Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) moor the submarine after arriving at Naval Station Norfolk