USS Greeneville

USS Greeneville
USS Greeneville (SSN-772) off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii carrying the ASDS.
History
United States
NameUSS Greeneville
NamesakeTown of Greeneville
Ordered14 December 1988
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding
Laid down28 February 1992
Launched17 September 1994
Sponsored byTipper Gore
Commissioned16 February 1996
HomeportPoint Loma, San Diego
MottoVolunteers Defending Frontiers
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class & typeLos Angeles-class submarine
Displacement
  • 6,000 long tons (6,096 t) light
  • 6,927 long tons (7,038 t) full
  • 927 long tons (942 t) dead
Length362 ft (110 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%
  • 2 × steam turbines (33,500) shp
  • 1 × shaft
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW)
Complement12 officers, 98 men
Armament
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 12 × vertical launch Tomahawk missiles

USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), and the only vessel in United States Navy history to be named after Greeneville, Tennessee. The contract to build the boat was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down on 28 February 1992. She was launched on 17 September 1994, sponsored by Tipper Gore, and commissioned on 16 February 1996.

Greeneville had a deadly collision with a Japanese fishing vessel, Ehime Maru, off the coast of Oahu in February 2001.

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