USS Albuquerque (SSN 706)

- decommissioned -

USS ALBUQUERQUE was the 19^th attack submarine in the LOS ANGELES class of submarines and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. During her almost 34 years of service, USS ALBUQUERQUE has completed 21 deployments in every ocean and has been awarded four Meritorious Unit Commendations, three Navy Unit Commendations and four battle E awards. In mid-2009, she shifted her homeport from Groton, Conn., to San Diego, Calif. On October 16, 2015, the ALBUQUERQUE held a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma. Afterwards, she departed for Bremerton, Wash., where she was inactivated on February 3, 2016. USS ALBUQUERQUE was decommissioned on February 27, 2017, at Keyport Undersea Museum in Keyport, Wash.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: October 31, 1973
	Keel laid: December 27, 1979
	Launched: March 13, 1982
	Commissioned: May 21, 1983
	Decommissioned: February 27, 2017
	Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Conn.
	Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
	Propellers: one
	Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters)
	Beam: 33 feet (10 meters)
	Draft: 32,15 feet (9.8 meters)
	Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,000 tons Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons
	Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots Submerged: approx. 32 knots
	Armament: four 533 mm torpedo Tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon missiles
	Cost: approx. $900 million
	Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS ALBUQUERQUE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Notes of Interest:

At the ship's commissioning on May 21, 1983, the Mayor of the City of Albuquerque presented a set of keys for a new Rolls Royce to the Commanding Officer. The first skipper to pilot the submarine up the Rio Grande to Albuquerque for a port visit will win this prize. At each Change of Command these keys are turned over to the new Commanding Officer by the Mayor or his representative.

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USS ALBUQUERQUE Patch Gallery:

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About the Submarine’s Name, about the City of Albuquerque:

Albuquerque, the ship's namesake city, was founded in 1706 by Spanish explorers and named for the Duke of Albuquerque. Located in rich farmland in the Rio Grande Valley, Albuquerque lies at an elevation of nearly 5,000 feet and is surrounded by the Sandia mountains.

Today, Albuquerque is a commercial, military research, and finance center which boasts a population of nearly 400,000. In addition to high-technology industries such as Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base weapons research center, Albuquerque hosts over 700 firms which produce a wide variety of goods from processed foods to electrical machinery. The city also offers outstanding recreational areas for skiing, hiking and camping.