USS San Juan (SSN-751)

Career
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Awarded:	30 November 1982
Laid down:	9 August 1985
Launched:	6 December 1986
Commissioned:	6 August 1988
Fate:	Active, in commission
Homeport:	Groton, Connecticut
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5790 tons light, 6197 tons full, 407 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.4 meters (31 feet)
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men
Armament:	four 21-inch torpedo tubes, 12 vertical launch Tomahawks

USS San Juan (SSN-751), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the Nth ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 1985. She was launched on 6 December 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Sherrill Hernandez, and commissioned on 6 August 1988, with Commander Charles Young in command.

San Juan was the first LA-class boat to receive a number of improvements to the class's basic design. San Juan and all following submarines in her class are quieter, incorporate an advanced BSY-1 sonar suite combat system, and are able to lay mines from their torpedo tubes. Their forward diving planes have been moved from the sail to the bow and the sail has been strengthened for breaking through ice.

On 19 March 1998, south of Long Island, New York, San Juan collided with Kentucky (SSBN-737). Neither sub was seriously damaged, and no injuries occured.

See USS San Juan for other ships of the same name.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.