USS Dallas (SSN-700)
Dry Deck Shelter in 2004.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Dallas |
Namesake | Dallas, Texas |
Awarded | 31 January 1973 |
Builder | General Dynamics Corporation |
Laid down | 9 October 1976 |
Launched | 28 April 1979 |
Commissioned | 18 July 1981 |
Decommissioned | 4 April 2018[1] |
Out of service | 22 May 2017 |
Stricken | 4 April 2018 |
Homeport | Groton, Connecticut |
Motto | First in Harm's Way |
Nickname(s) | Big D |
Status | Stricken, pending final disposal |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
Displacement | 6,900 tons |
Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | S6G nuclear reactor |
Complement | 127 |
Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Dallas (SSN-700) is a
Service history
The contract to build Dallas was awarded to the
On 27 August 1981 Dallas damaged her lower rudder when she ran aground while approaching the
From September 1988 Dallas was a member of Submarine Squadron 2, New London. During her time with Squadron 2, she completed the first ever Depot Modernization Period and various overseas deployments.[citation needed]
Dallas completed an
Dallas has completed one deployment to the Indian Ocean, four Mediterranean Sea deployments, two Persian Gulf deployments, and seven deployments to the North Atlantic.[citation needed]
Museum and delayed inactivation
Naval Sea Systems Command, the city of Dallas and the Dallas Navy League began discussions in 2008 for items from the boat in support of a memorial. These will become available during the actual vessel recycling phase, which is scheduled for 2023 for Dallas.[2] Originally, it was planned to decommission Dallas in September 2014.[5] In May 2013, officials with the city of Dallas, Texas, announced a plan to create a maritime museum more than 250 miles (400 km) from the nearest body of water in which a submarine can operate. Mayor Mike Rawlings and members of a foundation formed to create the new facility revealed one of their goals is to acquire and display Dallas next to a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) museum building.
In 2013, the US Navy announced that the plan to retire Dallas had been extended to Fiscal Year 2017 and that instead, USS Norfolk would begin inactivation in early 2015. The US Navy projected to save $10 million in Pre-Inactivation Restricted Availability (PIRA) costs as a result of the change.[6]
The Dallas Maritime Museum, to be located along the banks of the Trinity River, is planned to contain some components of the original boat, such as her sail, although there is some discussion about moving the entire submarine to the museum if the money can be raised.[7]
The Dallas Navy League had planned to host the four-day inactivation ceremony, to take place in Galveston, Texas, on 7 April 2017. The Navy League subsequently reported that this public relations event was canceled by the US Navy, citing "budgetary constraints" while operating under a continuing resolution. Additionally, costs to the City of Dallas and/or the US Navy from leasing back already-allocated pier space were judged as excessive. The requirement to compensate commercial shipping companies for their already-reserved commercial pier space resulted from the Navy's on-again/off-again planning cycle for the inactivation ceremony, which ultimately was re-canceled.[citation needed]
Awards
Dallas received two
In fiction
- Dallas features prominently in the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and the 1990 film adaptation.
- Dallas is featured along with her sister boat USS Charlotte in the John Ringo novel Under a Graveyard Sky.
- Dallas is featured in the popular 2009 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in the mission "The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday", alongside USS Chicago when they were part of the Sixth Fleet.
References
- ^ a b Smith, Michael L. (9 April 2018). "USS Dallas Decommissions After 38 Years of Service" (Press release). United States Navy. NNS180409-30. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ a b Friedrich, Ed (22 May 2017). "USS Dallas completing 36-year-run in Bremerton". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Donald Ferrier Obituary (2013) - Mystic, CT - The Day". Legacy.com.
- ^ Rehana, Joseph (2000). "First Los Angeles-Class SSN Gets Dry-Deck Shelter". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ Fellman, Sam (10 July 2013). "7 frigates on list of FY '14 decommissionings". Navy Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Navy Swaps Dallas, Norfolk Inactivation Dates" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Macon, Alex (8 December 2017). "Could the Nuclear Submarine USS Dallas Finally Come to Dallas?". D Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.
External links
- "Dallas (SSN-700) Command operations reports". Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- "Dallas Maritime Museum Foundation".
- USS Dallas (SSN-700), Naval History and Heritage Command