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Groton (SSN-694)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 3 August 1973, at the Electric Boat Div. of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 9 October 1976; Commissioned, USS Groton (SSN-694), 8 July 1978. Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 7 November 1997; Final Disposition, to be disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,000 t., Submerged: 6.927 t.; Length 360'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth limit 950'; Complement 129; Armament,four 21" torpedo tubes aft of bow can also launch Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles & MK-48 torpedoes; Combat Systems, AN/BPS-5 surface search radar, AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar, TB-16D passive towed sonar arrays, TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array, AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array, AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array, AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection); MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System, SADS-TG active detection sonar, Type 2 attack periscope (port), Type 18 search periscope (starboard), AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44, WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver, ESM; Propulsion System, S6G nuclear reactor one propeller at 35,000 shp.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
69k	Into the Thames River, the Groton (SSN-694) starts to get wet at her launching at the Electric Boat Div. of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 9 October 1976.	Courtesy of USNI.
22k	Commemorative post card marking the builder's first sea trials of the Groton (SSN-694), on 3 April 1978.	Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
114k	The Groton (SSN-694), possibly on her first sea trials on 3 April 1978.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
27k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the Groton (SSN-694) returning from Andros Island in the Bahama group, 29 Jan. 1981.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
283k	An aerial bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Groton (SSN-694) underway on 1 May 1982.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-82-05951 by General Dynamic Electric Boat, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
172k	Photo of the Groton (SSN-694) titled "Portsmouth England August 1984".	Photo by Jim McGovern. Photo added 07/06/07.
314k	A bow-on view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Groton (SSN-694), 6 Nov 1984.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SN-85-01689 from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.& submitted by Bill Gonyo.
78k	The Groton (SSN-694) welcomes the Georgia (SSBN-729) home for the holidays, 25 December 1984.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
62k	Groton (SSN-694) alongside at Groton on Thursday, July 11, 1991.	Photo by Ken Hart.
106k	Groton (SSN-694) departing New London on Friday morning, July 12, 1991, passing the State Pier and old Fulton(AS-11).	Photo by Ken Hart.
74k	Groton (SSN-694) passes under the railroad bridge next to the Gold Star bridge in Groton, July 12, 1991.	Photo by Ken Hart.
75k	Groton (SSN-694) departs New London, Friday morning, July 12 1991.	Photo by Ken Hart.
84k	Groton (SSN-694) arriving at New London, passing Electric Boat yard and Rhode Island (SSBN-740) fitting out in early 1993.	Photo by Ken Hart.
124k	Groton (SSN-694) arriving with assistance from a yard tug, 1993.	Photo by Ken Hart.
91k	Cracked sonar dome of the Groton (SSN-694) after returning to Kings Bay, GA, 23 July 1996. The rupture was caused by an air pocket that did not fully vent upon submerging.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle. Photo i.d. courtesy of Kenneth Reed, EDMC Ret.
22k	Groton (SSN-694), bow view in Gibraltar, date unknown.	US Navy photo.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Groton (SSN-694) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Groton SSN 694 Reunion Page
SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
Virtual Tour of USS Springfield (SSN 761) from PBS's Nova web site

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