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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

San Francisco (SSN-711)
Keel Laying - 2000

Radio Call Sign: November - Romeo - Papa - Uniform

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2001 - Present

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 26 May 1977, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 27 October 1979; Commissioned, USS San Francisco (SSN-711), 24 April 1981. San Francisco is assigned to Bremerton, Wash.

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
39k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the San Francisco's (SSN-711) keel laying, postmarked Newport News, Virginia on 26 May 1977.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
119k	Front cover of the San Francisco's (SSN-711) Launch Booklet at NNS&DD Co Newport News, Virginia, 27 October 1979.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
743k	The San Francisco (SSN-711) nears the end of the building ways at launching at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA on 27 October 1979.	Navy Photo # C79-247 courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl Baker. Photo added 04/17/09.
56k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the launching of the *Los Angeles class* attack submarine San Francisco (SSN-711) at NNS&DD Co Newport News, Virginia dated 27 October 1979.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
161k	The crew of the San Francisco (SSN-711) salute the national ensign on her launching day while on the ways at NNS&DD Co Newport News, Virginia, 27 October 1979.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
86k	Front cover of the San Francisco's (SSN-711) Welcome Aboard 1981 booklet.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
39k	San Francisco (SSN-711), underway during her alpha trials off the Virginia coast, 15 March, 1981.	Official USN photo courtesy of USNI.
195k	San Francisco (SSN-711) underway during her alpha trials in the James River, Hampton Roads, 15 March, 1981.	U.S. Navy photo # 1180797, courtesy of Warship International, pg.273, No.3, 1982.
179k	A port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine San Francisco (SSN-711), underway during sea trails before commissioning underway during her alpha trials in the James River, Hampton Roads, 15 March, 1981. The ship was built by Newport News Shipbuilding.	US Navy / National Archive photo # NN33300514/ DN-ST-82-01406 by Lloyd S. Everton from the Defense Visual Information Center, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
134k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the San Francisco's (SSN-711) first day in commission, postmarked aboard Kennedy (CVA-67) on 24 April 1981.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
45k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the San Francisco's (SSN-711) Transit of the Panama Canal October 1981, postmarked aboard Subtender Dixon (AS-37), dated 26 October 1981.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
120k	With an accompanying spritz from water boats to welcome her, the San Francisco (SSN-711) meets her namesake port in 1984, during Fleet Week.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. Photo i.d. courtesy of Lauren Skaggs.
95k	Swordfish (SSN-579) at Pearl Harbor in August 1987. The San Francisco (SSN-711) is moored behind her.	Courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
77k	San Francisco (SSN-711) at Pearl Harbor in August 1987.	Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
258k	The nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine Alabama (SSN-731), left, and the nuclear-powered attack submarine San Francisco (SSN-711) are moored together at a pier in front of the guided missile cruiser Chosin (CG-65) during the change of command ceremony for the commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet on 1 Feb 1991.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-SC-92-08698, by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.