uss phoenix (ssn-702)

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rdered:	31 October 1973
aid down:	30 July 1977
aunched:	8 December 1979
ommissioned:	19 December 1981
ecommissioned:	29 July 1998
ate:	submarine recycling
tricken:	29 July 1998
olspan=2 align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\|General Characteristics
isplacement:	5777 tons light, 6148 tons full, 371 tons dead
ength:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
eam:	10 meters (33 feet)
raft:	9.7 meters (32 feet)
ropulsion:	one S6G reactor
omplement:	12 officers, 98 men
rmament:	4x 21-inch Horizontal Launch Tubes MK-48 ADCAP Torpedoes Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) MK-67 Mines MK-60 Mines
otto:	N/A

USS Phoenix (SSN-702), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for 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. John J. Rhodes, and commissioned on 19 December 1981, with Captain William C. Rothbert in command. 16½ years of history go here Phoenix was decommissioned on 29 July 1998 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 July 1998. Ex-Phoenix entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and is scheduled to begin disassembly on 1 March 2007. See USS Phoenix for other ships of the same name.

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