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Jacksonville (SSN-699)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 21 February 1976, at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 18 November 1978; Commissioned, USS Jacksonville (SSN-699), 16 May 1981. Jacksonville is assigned to the US Atlantic Fleet and is homeported at Norfolk, VA.

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
169k	Launching ceremony of the Jacksonville (SSN-699), at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp building piers at Groton, CT., Nov. 1978. The Ohio (SSBN-726) is alongside.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
237k	An aerial bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Jacksonville (SSN-699) underway, 1 Dec 1980.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-82-05945, by General Dynamics / Electric Boat, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & Robert Hurst.
54k	Commemorative post mark honoring the commissioning of the Jacksonville (SSN-699), 16 May 1981.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
87k	Jacksonville (SSN-699) underway 16 November 1982 in Australian waters.	RAN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
927k	An aerial view of a section of the Naval Station showing destroyer and submarine (D&S) pier #21. On the south side of the pier is the submarine tender Emory S. Land (AS-39) with four *Los Angeles class* nuclear-powered attack submarines moored on the north side including the Atlanta (SSN-712), Jacksonville (SSN-699), and unidentified sub, and Hampton (SSN-767), 25 Jun 1995.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-95-02165, by Robert J. Sitar, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
83k	Jacksonville (SSN-699), in Gibraltar 15th June 1997.	Courtesy of Daniel Ferro.
98k	Captain John S. O'Neill served as Commanding Officer of Jacksonville (SSN-699) from May 2003 to April 2006. During this tour, *Jacksonville* conducted a deployment to the Southern Command AOR in support of the Global War on Terrorism.	U.S Navy photo from the United States Naval Academy, Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen Biography,courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 10/02/08.
327k	The *Los Angeles-class* attack submarine Jacksonville (SSN-699) makes ready to moor along side Hampton (SSN-767) after returning home to Naval Station Norfolk, 19 Dec. 2003. *Jacksonville* was deployed for three months in support of the global war on terrorism.	U.S Navy photo # N-2903K-005 by Journalist 2nd Class B.L. Keller, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
375k	The *Los Angeles-class* attack submarine Jacksonville (SSN-699) moors alongside Hampton (SSN-767) after returning home to Naval Station Norfolk, 19 Dec. 2003. *Jacksonville* was deployed for three months in support of the global war on terrorism.	U.S Navy photo # N-2903K-004 by Journalist 2nd Class B.L. Keller, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
94k	Santa Claus comes across the brow from the nuclear powered *Los Angeles-class* attack submarine Jacksonville (SSN-699) after returning home to Naval Station Norfolk, 19 Dec. 2003.	U.S Navy photo # N-2903K-001 by Journalist 2nd Class B.L. Keller, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
132k	Fast-attack submarine Jacksonville (SSN-699) prepares to moor pierside at Naval Station Mayport. Homeported in Norfolk, Va., on 22 June 2007. This submarine's namesake invokes a special connection to the people of Jacksonville.	U.S Navy photo # N-1522S-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leah Stiles, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
122k	The Boise (SSN-764) is moored ahead of the Norfolk (SSN-714), with the sail of the Jacksonville (SSN-699) rising from the other side of the quay at Norfolk Naval Station, at pier 3, 17 October 2007.	Photograph courtesy of John Hummel.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Jacksonville (SSN-699) 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
SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
Virtual Tour of USS Springfield (SSN 761) from PBS's Nova web site

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