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Santa Fe (SSN-763)

Radio Call Sign: November - Sierra - Foxtrot - Echo

Los Angeles Class (Improved) Attack Submarine: Laid down, 25 May 1991, at the Electric Boat Works Division of General Dynamics, Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 12 December 1992; Commissioned, USS Sante Fe (SSN-763), 8 January 1994. Santa Fe is assigned to the US Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Pearl Harbor, HI.

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, Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles from 12 VLS tubes, 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. Improved Performance Machinery Program Phase I [on 688 Improved].

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
38k	Santa Fe (SSN-763), bow view underway, probably during her alpha sea trials off the Atlantic coast, 1993.	Courtesy of General Dynamics and Electric Boat.
23k	Santa Fe (SSN-763), bow view underway, probably during her alpha sea trials off the Atlantic coast, 1993.	Courtesy of tripod.com.
102k	A port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) tied up at the pier at Port Canaveral, Florida on 13 Feb 1994. The doors of the Mark 36 vertical launch system (VLS) for the Tomahawk missiles are in the open raised position.	USN photo # DN-SC-95-01933 by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
67k	The *Los Angeles class* attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) underway, 1995, probably somewhere in the Pacific.	USNI photo.
43k	Santa Fe (SSN-763), a Pearl Harbor-based fast-attack submarine recently returned from a six month deployment to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) in Sept. 2001. Highlights from the deployment include port visits to Singapore, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Chinhae Republic of Korea, Diego Garcia, and Yokosuka and Sasebo Japan.	Courtesy of SUBPAC Public Affairs, submitted by Bill Gonyo.
61k	Cmdr. Andrew M. Hale relieved Cmdr. L. David Marquet as commanding officer of the attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) in a change of command ceremony held on the Pearl Harbor submarine base 19 Nov. 2001.	USN photo by JOC(SW/AW) David Rush & submitted by Bill Gonyo, courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
50k	The Santa Fe (SSN-763) prepares to leave Pearl Harbor on 12 Sept. 2003.	USN photo by JC2 Tim Walsh, courtesy of the Hawaiian News Online, submitted by Bill Gonyo.
73k	Commemorative postal cover marking the 10th anniversary of the Santa Fe (SSN-763) commissioning, 8 January 2004.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
301k	The Tyler Junior College Apache Belles Precision Dance and Drill Team of Tyler, Tx., performed during Santa Fe's (SSN-763) homecoming at Pearl Harbor on March 05, 2004. *Santa Fe* returned from a six-month deployment in the Western Pacific.	USN photo by JO3 Corwin Colbert, courtesy of SUBPAC Public Affairs, submitted by Bill Gonyo.
238k	Santa Fe (SSN-763) off of Hawaii.	US Navy photo courtesy of STSCS(SS) Robert Carlin.
113k	Rear Adm. Jeffrey B. Cassias, Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, presented the Navy Unit Commendation to the crew of Santa Fe (SSN-763) on 29 April 2005. On hand for the presentation was former commanding officer Cmdr. Andrew Hale (Left) and former Chief of the Boat CDMCM Jeffrey Vanblaracum (Right).	USN photo by JOC(SW/AW) David Rush & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
275k	The *Los Angeles class* attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) and the guided missile destroyer Chaffey (DDG-90) participate in Exercise Malabar 2005, at Goa, India 29 Sept. 2005. Exercise Malabar 2005, is a joint Indian American exercise designed to bolster relations between our two countries and enable the two countries to work together against a common threat. This year's exercise is the largest to date including two U.S. Destroyers, *Nimitz* and the submarine *Santa Fe. The Indian Navy contributed a carrier, a submarine, a frigate and their New Delhi-class* Destroyer.	USN photo # N-6967M-006 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shane T. McCoy, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
341k	The *Los Angeles class* attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) pulls in to Goa, India marking the half-way point of Exercise Malabar 2005.	USN photo # N-6967M-014 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shane T. McCoy, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
52k	Commemorative postal cover marking the Santa Fe's (SSN-763) Artic Transit to the North Pole, 16 July 2006.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
80k	Electrical Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator Jeff Memmer sits at the control station aboard the nuclear powered fast attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763).	Photo courtesy of indiana.edu. submitted by Bill Gonyo.
356k	Family and friends gather to greet attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) upon the submarine's return 5 April 2008 to Naval Station Pearl Harbor after spending more than a year at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine for a depot modernization period.	USN photo # N-2218M-001 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Luciano Marano courtesy of news.navy.mil.
278k	Family and friends watch as the attack submarine Santa Fe (SSN-763) departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean on 15 May 2009.	USN photo # N-2218M-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Luciano Marano courtesy of news.navy.mil. Photo added 05/19/09.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Santa Fe (SSN-763) 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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