USS San Francisco (SSN-711)
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| Name: | USS San Francisco |
| Namesake: | The City and County of San Francisco, California |
| Awarded: | 1 August 1975 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 26 May 1977 |
| Launched: | 27 October 1979 |
| Acquired: | 7 April 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 24 April 1981 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Fate: | conversion as moored training ship |
| Badge: |  |
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| Class and type: | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 5,759 tons light, 6,145 tons full, 386 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | S6G nuclear reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 115 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS San Francisco (SSN-711) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, the third ship or boat of the United States Navy to be named for San Francisco, California. The boat has a projected inactivation date of 9 January 2017, after which it will become a moored training ship.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia was awarded the contract to build USS San Francisco on 1 August 1975, and her keel was laid down on 26 May 1977. She was launched on 27 October 1979, sponsored by Mrs. Robert Y. Kaufman, and commissioned on 24 April 1981 with Commander J. Allen Marshall in command.
San Francisco joined Submarine Force US Pacific Fleet following an initial shakedown cruise, and moved to her homeport at Pearl Harbor. She completed deployments in 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 with the U.S. Seventh Fleet and various independent operations in the Pacific in 1986, earning the Battle Efficiency "E" for Submarine Squadron Seven in 1985. She earned a Navy Unit Commendation and a second Battle Efficiency "E" for Submarine Squadron Seven, and her crew was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal for independent operations in 1988.
San Francisco entered a Depot Modernization Period at Pearl Harbor from 1989 to 1990 and then went on to conduct deployments to the Western Pacific in 1992 and 1994. The submarine was awarded the 1994 Commander Submarine Squadron Seven "T" for excellence in tactical operations and a Meritorious Unit Commendation for the 1994 Western Pacific deployment.
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