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 | 15k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the launching of the Los Angeles (SSN-688), 6 April 1974. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 48k | Mrs. Anne Armstrong, Counsellor to the President was chosen as the sponsor of the Los Angeles (SSN-688). As the sponsor, Mrs. Armstrong was asked to christen the ship using the traditional bottle of Champagne. She had just a little difficulty with that task. Mrs. Armstrong tried over a dozen swings in an attempt to break the bottle and splash champagne on the bow of Los Angeles. It took a second, a spare, bottle to do the trick. "The second bottle was to christen the Los Angeles: the first bottle was to show that the ship and her crew are staunch and strong and unyielding." | USN photo & text courtesy of la-ex.org. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 47k | The ring shaped hull section of Cincinnati (SSN-693) and the hull of Los Angeles (SSN-688) on the ways prior to the twin keel laying and launching ceremony on 6 April 1974. Clipping provided by Mike Hogan. | Photo courtesy Tenneco Magazine, text courtesy of la-ex.org. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 355k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) underway, probably during her alpha sea trials off the Atlantic coast, summer 1976. | US Navy photo submitted by Fabio Peņa, courtesy of the Com Sub Group Nine | |
 | 58k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of a Presidential visit & cruise of the Los Angeles (SSN-688), 27 May 1977. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 75k | The First Lady peers through a periscope of Los Angeles (SSN-688),with tips of what to look for from her husband, President Jimmy Carter, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 27, 1977. | USNI photo. | |
 | 116k | A port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Los Angeles (SSN-688) underway on 1 Dec 1982. | Photo # NN-33300514 by Newport News & Shipbuilding, in the National Archies & Records Administration (NARA). Also referenced as # DN-SN-83-02657 from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.&submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 232k | The Los Angeles (SSN-688) arrives at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in August
1992. She under went a refueling overhaul at the yard from 1 Oct 1992 to 10
Mar 1995.
| USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 276k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) is shown in the early morning of 10 Mar 95 prior to her
departure from Mare Island after her overhaul.
| USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 189k | A crowd has gathered along side the Los Angeles (SSN-688) to mark the
completion of her overhaul at Mare Island on 10 Mar 1995.
| USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 74k | Capt John B. Cavender, Commander Mare Island Naval Shipyard and Paul Tipton,
Project Manager for Los Angeles (SSN-688) are shown casting off the last line of the
last overhaul at now closed shipyard on 10 Mar 1995.
| USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 60k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) is shown departing Mare Island on 10 Mar 1995
are completing an overhaul. The decommissioned Baton Rouge (SSN-689) is
seen on the far right.
| USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 225k | The Los Angeles (SSN-688) completes a training maneuver off the coast of Singapore. Singaporean and US Navy ships participated in a war at sea exercise as part of the seventh annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Exercise. CARAT, a series of bilateral exercises, takes place throughout the Western Pacific each summer. It aims to increase regional cooperation and promote interoperability with each country. The countries participating in CARAT 2001 are Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei. | US Navy photo and caption by PH1(AW/SW) Kevin H. Tierney, courtesy of csp.navy.mil., submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 148k | Broadside view of the Los Angeles (SSN-688) on a training maneuver off the coast of Singapore. | US Navy photo and caption by PH1(AW/SW) Kevin H. Tierney, courtesy of csp.navy.mil., submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 276k | Powering along and forming a boiling wake, the Los Angeles (SSN-688) completes a training maneuver off the coast of Singapore. | US Navy photo and caption by PH1(AW/SW) Kevin H. Tierney, courtesy of csp.navy.mil., submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 61k | Los Angeles (SSN-688), is pier-side at Changi Naval Base during the seventh annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise (CARAT) on 3 July 2001. | US Navy photo # J-9271Z-002, by PH2 Erin A Zocco USN. Courtesy of the US Navy Chinfo Ship Images | |
 | 902k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) enters Apra Harbor in preparation for a port visit in Guam, 27 July 2001. | US Navy photo by Photogragher's Mate 2nd Class Alan D. Monyelle, courtesy of USCINCPAC / news.navy.mil. | |
 | 125k | Line handlers aboard Los Angeles (SSN-688) bring mooring lines across to secure the submarine to its berth in Pearl Harbor on 11 Aug. 2003. | US Navy photo # N-1618Z-049, by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Steven A. Zurell. Courtesy of the US Navy Chinfo Ship Images | |
 | 171k | Visitors and the Crew of Los Angeles (SSN-688) depart the Change of Command ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 10 Sept. 2003. Cmdr. Thomas P. Stanley relieves Cmdr. Christopher B. Thomas during the attack submarine's ceremony. | US Navy photo # N-8157C-087, by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dennis Cantrell. Courtesy of the US Navy Chinfo Ship Images | |
 | 140k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) Chief of the Boat explains to the Druid Hills Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training (NJROTC) Corps how a submarine submerges. The NJROTC group toured Los Angeles on 8 April 2004. | US Navy photo and caption by JO3 Corwin Colbert, courtesy of csp.navy.mil., submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 519k | Sailors assigned to the attack submarine Los Angeles (SSN-688), and the San Francisco 49er's cheerleaders pose for a group photo prior to a tour aboard Los Angeles at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 22 Oct. 2004. Four of the San Francisco 49er's cheerleaders visited the Los Angeles and the guided missile destroyer Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) to promote Pro Bowl football ticket sales. Hawaii is the host of the Pro Bowl, which takes place in early February. | US Navy photo # N-8157C-011, by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dennis C. Cantrell, courtesy of the US Navy Chinfo Ship Images | |
 | 275k | The attack submarine Los Angeles (SSN-688) prepares to depart Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 9 Nov. 2004 for a Western Pacific deployment. Los Angeles the fourth Naval ship to be named after the city of Los Angeles, is the lead ship of the 688 attack submarine class. | US Navy photo # N-5539C-001, by Journalist 3rd Class Corwin Colbert. Courtesy of the US Navy Chinfo Ship Images | |
 | 788k | Sailors man the rails of the fast attack submarine Los Angeles (SSN-688) as it pulls into Apra Harbor, Guam, during a scheduled port visit on 30 Mar. 2005. Los Angeles is homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is currently deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism. | US Navy photo # N-0962S-070, by Journalist 2nd Class Brandan W. Schulze. Courtesy of the US Navy Chinfo Ship Images | |
 | 294k | Journey bassist Ross Valory (right) and his brother Lance, examine the control panel aboard Los Angeles (SSN-688). The two visited the nuclear-attack submarine on 22 Oct. 2004. | US Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Corwin Colbert, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 282k | A Culinary Specialist 3rd Class from Los Angeles (SSN-688) (left) gets assistance loading food into the new convection oven from Culinary Specialist 1st Class Charles Polen aboard Los Angeles. Homeported in Pearl Harbor, the attack submarine is the first in the Pacific Fleet to install and use the new oven. | US Navy photo by JOC(SW/AW) David Rush, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 104k | The Los Angeles (SSN-688) is moored at the Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility Static Site in Ketchikan, Ak., Thursday, 3 Nov. as part of Escape Exercise 2006. "First and Finest," Los Angeles was the first nuclear powered U.S. submarine to conduct an open ocean escape.
A total of seven personnel practiced locking out from the attack submarine Los Angeles and ascending to the surface wearing special suits that designed to enable a free ascent from a stricken submarine. While several foreign navies practice the maneuver routinely, the U.S. Navy had not conducted it in more than three decades, and never from a nuclear-powered submarine. The Navy's renewed interest in submarine escape was brought on in part by the fact that U.S. submarines now operate more frequently in shallow coastal waters, said Submarine Development Squadron Five commander Capt. Butch Howard, who oversaw the exercise. 'Today submarines spend a greater amount of time in the littorals or shallow water, which supports the overall concept of escaping from a possible distressed submarine,'said Howard. 'It's imperative that our sub crews be familiar and comfortable with this operating procedure no matter how remote the potential for its use.' The MK10 Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment, or SEIE, allows survivors to escape a disabled submarine at depths down to 600 feet, at a rate of eight or more men per hour. It is designed to enable a free ascent from a stricken submarine and provides protection for the submariner on reaching the surface until rescued. The assembly is comprised of a submarine escape and immersion suit, an inner thermal liner and a gas inflated single seat life raft, all contained in an outer protective stowage compartment. For the exercise, Los Angeles embarked six U.S. Navy divers, as well as a British diver from the Royal Navy. The submarine submerged to 130 feet, where each of the seven divers donned the SEIE suits, entered the escape trunk, and ascended. | US Navy photo # 6113001 by MC1(SW) Cynthia Clark, courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 43k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the 30th year commissioning of the Los Angeles (SSN-688), 13 November 1976 - 13 November 2006. | Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 232k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) underway in this undated photo. | US Navy photo from the National War College papers, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 58k | Visitors in a tour group hold their ears during simulated torpedo operations aboard Los Angeles (SSN-688). | Courtesy of hudsonphotographicarts.com. by Brian Hudson & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 73k | Petty Officer Martinez receives his submarine warfare insignia ("dolphins") from Erik A. Burian, Commanding Officer of Los Angeles (SSN-688) | Courtesy of hudsonphotographicarts.com. by Brian Hudson & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 42k | Los Angeles (SSN-688) in dry dock, date and place unknown. | Courtesy of globalsecurity.org | |
 | 95k | Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa Jr. talks to Sailors from Los Angeles (SSN-688) on 14 May 2007. Campa and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Mullen were touring major fleet concentration areas to observe regional business practices and to address issues concerning Sailors such as rating mergers, Individual Augmentees (IA), retirement plans and the future of the Navy. | US Navy photo # N-1618Z-016, by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Perez. Courtesy of csp.navy.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Photo added 01/08/08. | |
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