USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720)

USS PITTSBURGH is the 33^rd LOS ANGELES - class nuclear-powered Attack Submarine.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: April 16, 1979
	Keel Laid: April 15, 1983
	Launched: December 8, 1984
	Commissioned: November 23, 1985
	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: Harpoon missiles, Tomahawk missiles from 12 vertical launch tubes, four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes
	Cost: approx. $900 million
	Homeport: Groton, Conn.
	Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted

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

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