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Boston (SSN-703)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 11 August 1978, at the Electric Boat Division, of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 19 April 1980; Commissioned, USS Boston (SSN-703), 30 January 1982; Decommissioned, 19 November 1999 and simultaneously Struck from the Naval Register; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 1 January 2002.

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
129k	Taken December 8 1979 during the launch of the Phoneix (SSN-702). Ohio (SSBN-726) is in the water, the Michigan (SSBN-727) is on her starboard side out of the water, and the Florida (SSN-728) is partially visible in the (starboard/aft) in the large assembly building. The Boston (SSN-703) is barely visible just inside the open bay doors in the small assembly building closest to the starboard side of the *Florida* and the *Phoneix* is being launched. I believe that the City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705) is barely visible behind the closed bay doors to the port of the *Phoneix*.	US Navy photo courtesy of globalsecurity.org. Text courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
132k	launching of the Boston (SSN-703) at the Electric Boat Division, of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 19 April 1980.	US Navy photo courtesy of brucemccausland.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Photo added 01/23/08.
26k	Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of the Boston (SSN-703), at the Electric Boat Division, of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 19 April 1980.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
55k	Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of the Boston (SSN-703), at the Electric Boat Division, of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT., 19 April 1980.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
482k	Starboard forward view of the hull of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Boston (SSN-703) during inclining experiments at the Naval Submarine base at Groton CT., 16 Dec 1981.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-82-03970, by General Dynamics Electric Boat, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
630k	View of the forward starboard side, looking aft, of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Boston (SSN-703) during inclining experiments, 16 Dec 1981.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SN-82-03973, by General Dynamics Electric Boat, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
55k	Boston (SSN-703), underway in 1981 for sea trials, prior to commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
75k	Boston (SSN-703), underway in 1981 for sea trials, prior to commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
55k	Boston (SSN-703), underway in 1981 for sea trials, prior to commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
54k	Boston (SSN-703), underway in 1981 for sea trials, prior to commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
53k	Boston (SSN-703), underway in 1981 for sea trials, prior to commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
55k	Boston (SSN-703), underway in 1981 for sea trials, prior to commissioning.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
617k	An elevated starboard view of the forward half of the *Los Angeles Class* nuclear-powered attack submarine Boston (SSN-703), underway, 1 Jan 1982.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-82-05954, by General Dynamics Electric Boat, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
90k	Oil on canvas by the artist James Flood entitled "Boston" depicting the Boston (SSN-703) underway.	Courtesy of oldgloryprints.com
124k	Stereoscopic photo of the Boston (SSN-703) in the Panama Canal, when the boat was deployed from March through October 1983. The world-wide deployment started from the Indian Ocean.	Courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
117k	Stereoscopic view of the aft bridge section of the Boston (SSN-703), when the boat was the deployed from March through October 1983. The world-wide deployment started from the Indian Ocean.	Courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
154k	Stereoscopic view of the Boston (SSN-703) moored alongside an unknown sub tender at Diego Garcia, April - August 1983.	Courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
165k	Stereoscopic view of the Boston (SSN-703) moored alongside the starboard side of an unknown sub tender at Diego Garcia, April - August 1983.	Courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
116k	Bow view of Boston (SSN-703) at Groton, CT., 1996.	Photo courtesy of Lester Palifka.
957k	A bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Boston (SSN-703) moored at a pier at NAS Mayport Florida on 1 Aug 1998.	Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-93-05791, by OS2 John Bouvia, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
70k	Commemorative post mark on the occassion of Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) & Boston (SSN-703) after finishing the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program), Sept. 2002.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
238k	Boston (SSN-703), sail on display in Buffalo, N.Y. Sept, 2003.	Courtesy of Bruce McCausland.
206k	Boston (SSN-703), sail on display in Buffalo, N.Y. April 2004.	Courtesy of Bruce McCausland.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Boston (SSN-703) 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 Boston Shipmates
SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
USS Boston Memorial in Buffalo
USSBOSTON.ORG
Virtual Tour of USS Springfield (SSN 761) from PBS's Nova web site
HISTORIC SUBMARINE DOCUMENTARY AND TRAINING FILMS

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