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Uss Rhode Island (Ssbn-740) style="text-align: center" colspan="2"|
USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) | | tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"| | | rdered: | 5 January 1988 | | aid down: | 15 September 1988 | | aunched: | 17 July 1993 | | ommissioned: | 9 July 1994 | | ecommissioned: | | | ate: | | | omeport: | Kings Bay, Georgia | | truck: | | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 16600 tons light, 18750 tons full, 2150 tons dead | | ength: | 170.6 meters (560 feet) | | eam: | 12.8 meters (42 feet) | | raft: | 11.5 meters (38 feet) | | ropulsion: | Steam Turbine (Nuclear) | | peed: | | | omplement: | Crew: 13 officers, 140 men | | rmament: | 24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mark 48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes | | otto: | In Spe Pacis Perennis | USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 13th state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 5 January 1988 and her keel was laid down on 15 September 1988. She was launched on 17 July 1993 sponsored by Mrs. Kati Machthley, and commissioned on 9 July 1994, with Captain John K. Eldridge commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Michael Maxfield commanding the Gold Crew. - ten years of history go here
See USS Rhode Island for other ships of the same name. References External links Rhode Island
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