USS Dallas (SSN-700)
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Dallas carrying a Dry Deck Shelter in 2004.
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| Name: | USS Dallas |
| Namesake: | the city of Dallas, Texas |
| Awarded: | 31 January 1973 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Corporation |
| Laid down: | 9 October 1976 |
| Launched: | 28 April 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 18 July 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | active. Decommissioning to be held at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 2017 (source former crew member who was in Groton, CT on 5 March. I toured the boat on that day and she was still in commission.) |
| Homeport: | Groton, Connecticut |
| Motto: | First in Harm's Way, The Hunt Is On (unofficial) |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: |  |
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| 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 Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. She is the Navy's second vessel of that name, and the first to be named after the city of Dallas, Texas, although another two ships were scheduled but never completed.
The contract to build Dallas was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 9 October 1976. She was launched on 28 April 1979 sponsored by Mrs. William P. Clements, Jr., and commissioned on 18 July 1981, with Captain Donald R. Ferrier in command. Dallas was the first submarine of the Los Angeles class to be originally built with an all-digital fire control (tracking and weapon) system and sonar system.
After commissioning, Dallas was attached to Submarine Development Squadron 12, New London, Connecticut, where she was involved in research and development projects. Since September 1988, Dallas has been a member of Submarine Squadron 2, New London, Connecticut. During her time with Squadron 2, she completed the first ever Depot Modernization Period and various overseas deployments.
Dallas recently completed an Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The D1G-2 core was replaced with a D2W core. Dallas has had a removable Dry Deck Shelter for over a decade. This large chamber, fitted aft of the sail, has an array of air, water and hydraulic systems that allow Dallas to employ the latest submarine arsenal: the Swimmer Delivery Vehicle — a highly mobile and virtually undetectable means of carrying out special forces missions.
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