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- Code Number:
- MYNV07P12_18B
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USS Asheville, SSN 758, Nuclear Powered Sub, American, Los Angeles-class submarine, USN, United States Navy
- Namesake: city of Asheville, North Carolina
Awarded: 26/11/1984 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Laid down: 09/01/1987 Launched: 24/02/1990 Commissioned: 28/09/1991 Homeport: Naval Base Point Loma San Diego Nickname: The Ghost of the Coast Status: in active service, as of 2018 Displacement: 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead Length: 110 meters (362 feet) Beam: 10 meters (33 feet) Draft: 9.4 meters (31 feet) Propulsion: 1x S6G nuclear reactor Speed Surface: 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) Speed Submerged: +20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) (official) Crew: 20 officers, 110 men Sensors and processing systems: BQQ-5 passive SONAR, BQS-15 detecting and ranging SONAR, WLR-8 fire control RADAR receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search SONAR and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder Electronic warfare and decoys: WLR-10 contermeasures set Armament: 4 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10x Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack cruise missile block 3 SLCM range 3,100 km (1,700 nautical miles), Harpoon anti-surface ship missile range 130 km (70 nautical miles), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines
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- Wernher Krutein
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