USS Houston (SSN-713)
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USS Houston (SSN-713) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy, named after the city of Houston, Texas.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine
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United States Navy submarine ⓘ military vessel ⓘ |
| armament |
Harpoon anti-ship missiles
NERFINISHED
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Mark 48 torpedoes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomahawk cruise missiles NERFINISHED ⓘ mines ⓘ |
| awarded |
Meritorious Unit Commendation
NERFINISHED
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National Defense Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Battle "E" Ribbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Expeditionary Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea Service Deployment Ribbon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 10 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 1982-09-25 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement |
approximately 115 enlisted
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approximately 12 officers ⓘ |
| decommissionedDate | 2016-08-26 ⓘ |
| displacementSubmerged | approximately 6927 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 9.6 meters ⓘ |
| finalStatus | awaiting recycling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ⓘ |
| fleet | United States Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeport |
Apra Harbor, Guam
NERFINISHED
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | SSN-713 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownAt | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1979-01-29 ⓘ |
| laidDownIn | Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchedDate | 1981-03-21 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 110.3 meters ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | city of Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NavyPrefix | USS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | involved in 2008 radiation leak incident ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Cold War naval operations
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Indian Ocean deployments ⓘ Western Pacific deployments ⓘ |
| propulsion | nuclear-powered ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem |
one S6G nuclear reactor
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one shaft ⓘ two steam turbines ⓘ |
| radiationLeakDiscovered | 2008 ⓘ |
| radiationLeakExtent | small amount of radioactivity released over several years ⓘ |
| radiationLeakLocation | coolant system ⓘ |
| shipClass | Los Angeles class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | attack submarine ⓘ |
| speedSubmerged | over 25 knots ⓘ |
| sponsor | Barbara Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalVesselRegisterDate | 2016-08-26 ⓘ |
| torpedoTubes | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes ⓘ |
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