USS Providence (SSN-719)
Providence transiting the Thames River, Connecticut
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Name | USS Providence |
Namesake | City of Providence |
Awarded | 16 April 1979 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 14 October 1982 |
Launched | 4 August 1984 |
Acquired | 26 June 1985 |
Commissioned | 27 July 1985 |
Decommissioned | 22 August 2022 |
Out of service | 2 December 2021 |
Stricken | 22 August 2022 |
Identification | UIC 21029 |
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Status | Stricken, Final Disposition Pending |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Los Angeles-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
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Complement | 12 officers; 98 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | BQQ-10 passive sonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, BYG-1 fire control, BLQ-10 radio and ESM, BPS-15H radar |
Armament | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines |
USS Providence (SSN-719), a
Providence is the first Los Angeles class submarine to be equipped with the
History
Providence has been deployed several times to the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the
She has since been retrofitted with numerous upgrades including the AN/BYG-1 Fire Control system and
.In 2008, she completed another deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, only this time taking a northern route, successfully transiting under the arctic ice cap. On 1 July 2008 she surfaced at the North Pole to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the historic feat of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) in 1958.
On March 19, 2011, Providence launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at Libyan air defenses as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn.[5][6]
With the decommissioning of USS Bremerton (SSN-698) on 21 May 2021, Providence became the oldest active Los Angeles-class submarine in the US Fleet. She was then assigned to Submarine Squadron 12 at US Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut.[7]
Inactivation and decommissioning
On 20 August 2021, a Change of Homeport ceremony was held at the
Awards and decorations
- four Navy Unit Commendations
- six Meritorious Unit Commendations
- six Battle E (Navy "E" Ribbon) awards (three of which were consecutive)
- four Navy Expeditionary Medals
- two National Defense Service Medals
- three Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Providence won the Tomahawk Strike Derby in 1988[10] with a 5-second time on target. The USS Providence was the winner of the 2008 Arleigh Burke Award for superior performance in battle efficiency, presented by Fleet Forces Command on Monday 16 June 2008. Providence has, once again, earned the coveted 2008–2009 Battle Efficiency 'E' for COMSUBRON 2.
In popular culture
- Providence appears in the 1986 Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising, along with sister submarines Boston and Chicago.[11]
References
- ^ "International Panel on Fissile Materials". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ a b "USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Providence (SSN-719)". NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ Burns, Robert, "First wave of allied assault: 112 cruise missiles", Yahoo! News, 20 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ McDermott, Jennifer (29 March 2011). "USS Providence is known for being where the action is". The Day. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "CSS12". Commander Submarine Force Atlantic. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "USS Providence holds change homeport ceremony ahead decommissioning". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "USS Providence Decommissioned After 37 Years of Service" (Press release). United States Navy. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "ANNUAL COMMAND HISTORY FOR 1988" (PDF).
- ISBN 0399131493.
This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.