USS New York City (SSN-696), a
Los Angeles-class submarine,
was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named specifically for
New York City as distinct from the state. The contract to build her was awarded to
the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972 and
her keel was laid down on 15 December 1973.
She was launched on 18 June 1977
sponsored by Mrs. James R. Schlesinger, delivered to the Navy on 23 January 1979, and commissioned on 3 March 1979 with Commander James A. Ross in command.
New York City was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 April 1997 and entered the Ship-Submarine recycling program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
See USS New York for ships named for the state. Note that LPD-21, despite the gesture of including steel salvaged from the World Trade Center in her hull, is explicitly named for the state, not the city.
On the television show JAG, the ball caps worn by the crew of the fictional submarine USS Watertown indicate that it is SSN-696.
See USS New York City for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.
Last updated: 06-02-2005 19:27:41
