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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}} {{Other ships|USS Pennsylvania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} |+USS ''Pennsylvania'' (SSBN-735) {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=[[File:USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735).jpg|300px|USS ''Pennsylvania'' (SSBN-735) in November 1995]] |Ship caption=USS ''Pennsylvania'' (SSBN-735) in November 1995. }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag}} |Ship name= USS ''Pennsylvania'' |Ship namesake=[[Pennsylvania|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]] |Ship ordered=29 November 1982 |Ship builder=[[General Dynamics Electric Boat]], [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]] |Ship cost=72 Billion USD |Ship launched=23 April 1988 |Ship Production Cost= |Ship purchased= |Ship commissioned=9 September 1989 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship captured= |Ship status={{Ship in active service}} |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=[[Bangor, Washington]] |Ship motto=''Virtue, Independence, Liberty'' |Ship honors=[[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] 2001 |Ship identification=SSBN-735 |Ship badge= [[File:Crest of USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735).png|150px]] }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class={{sclass|Ohio|submarine|0}} [[ballistic missile submarine]] |Ship displacement={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine displacement}} |Ship length={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine length}} |Ship beam={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine beam}} |Ship draft={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine draft}} |Ship propulsion={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine propulsion}} |Ship speed={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine speed}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine depth}} |Ship capacity= |Ship complement={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine complement}} |Ship troops= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |EW= |Ship armament={{Ohio class ballistic missile submarine ssbn armament}} |Ship armor= |Ship nickname= }} |} '''USS ''Pennsylvania'' (SSBN-735)''' is a [[Nuclear propulsion|nuclear]]-powered, [[United States Navy]] {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|0}} [[ballistic missile submarine]] that has been in commission since 1989. She is the fourth ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]]. ==Construction and commissioning== The contract to build ''Pennsylvania'' was awarded to the [[Electric Boat]] Division of [[General Dynamics]] Corporation in [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]], on 29 November 1982 and her [[keel]] was laid down there on 10 January 1984. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 23 April 1988, sponsored by Mrs. Marilyn Garrett, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 9 September 1989. ==Service history== On 29 September 1989, ''Pennsylvania'' ran aground as she entered the [[Channel (geography)|channel]] during her first visit to [[Port Canaveral, Florida|Port Canaveral]], [[Florida]]. [[Tugboat]]s freed her in about two hours. A US Navy investigation determined that ''Pennsylvania'' was properly positioned in the channel, but the channel had been silted by the recent passing of [[Hurricane Hugo]]. ''Pennsylvania'' had been rerouted to Port Canaveral shortly after another submarine had struck a buoy that had repositioned in the entrance channel of Kings Bay. Still, it was thought that the channel to Port Canaveral had been unaffected. ''Pennsylvania'' received no damage. This was a rare occasion of a warship running aground and the commanding officer not being disciplined. Shortly after that, ''Pennsylvania'' departed on her first strategic deterrent patrol, which lasted 82 days.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/09/30/new-trident-sub-runs-aground-at-port-canaveral/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151101003918/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1989-09-30/news/8909304822_1_port-canaveral-submarine-tugboats| archive-date = 2015-11-01| url-status = live| title = New Trident Sub Runs Aground At Port Canaveral - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel}}</ref> {{Expand section|History needed for 1989β2001.|date=December 2009}} In 2001, ''Pennsylvania'' won the [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] for the [[United States Atlantic Fleet]]. {{Expand section|History needed for 2001 through the present.|date=December 2009}} In 2009, ''Pennsylvania'' was featured in an episode of the British television documentary series ''[[Big, Bigger, Biggest]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title="Big, Bigger, Biggest" Submarine|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1481595/?ref_=ttep_ep2|website=imdb.com|access-date=2015-01-09}}</ref> In 2012, ''Pennsylvania'' completed a mid-life {{frac|2|1|2}}-year Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where her reactor was refueled for an estimated 25 more years of service. On 14 June 2014, ''Pennsylvania'' completed a record-setting 140-day strategic deterrent patrol. This is the longest strategic deterrent patrol completed since the beginning of the Poseidon C3 missile program in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/06/30/uss-pennsylvania-sets-patrol-record.html |title=USS Pennsylvania Sets Patrol Record |website=[[Military.com]] |date=30 June 2014 |first=Ahron |last=Arendes}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} *{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSBN735}}}} ==External links== *[http://www.csp.navy.mil/pennsylvania/ USS Pennsylvania website] *{{navsource|08/08735}} * [http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pen1usnav1 Video: The Largest Submarine in the U.S. Navy] {{Ohio class submarine}} {{1989 shipwrecks}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pennsylvania (Ssbn-735)}} [[Category:Ships built in Groton, Connecticut]] [[Category:Ohio-class submarines]] [[Category:Cold War submarines of the United States]] [[Category:United States submarine accidents]] [[Category:Maritime incidents in 1989]] [[Category:Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy]] [[Category:1988 ships]] [[Category:Submarines of the United States]]
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