USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)

Career
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Awarded:	28 November 1989
Laid down:	6 July 1992
Launched:	16 April 1995
Commissioned:	13 September 1996
Fate:	Active, in commission
Homeport:	Pearl Harbor
General Characteristics
Displacement:	6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.4 meters (31 feet)
Speed:
Depth:	1200 feet
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men
Armament:	four 21-inch torpedo tubes, 12 vertical launch Tomahawks

USS Cheyenne (SSN-773), the last Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cheyenne, Wyoming. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 28 November 1989 and her keel was laid down on 6 July 1992. She was launched on 16 April 1995 sponsored by Mrs. Ann Simpson, wife of Wyoming Senator Alan K. Simpson, and commissioned on 13 September 1996, with Commander Peter H. Ozimik in command.

Cheyenne transferred to her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1998.

See USS Cheyenne for other ships of the same name.

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