USS Philadelphia (SSN 690)

USS PHILADELPHIA is the third LOS ANGELES-class attack submarine and the first ship in her class built by Electric Boat.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: January 8, 1971
	Keel Laid: August 12, 1972
	Launched: October 19, 1974
	Commissioned: June 25, 1977
	Builder: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT.
	Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
	Propellers: one
	Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters)
	Beam: 33 feet (10 meters)
	Draft: 32,15 feet (9.8 meters)
	Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,000 tons
	Displacement: Submerged: approx. 6,900 tons
	Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots
	Speed: Submerged: approx. 32 knots
	Armament: four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles
	Cost: approx. $900 million
	Homeport: Groton, CT
	Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS PHILADELPHIA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS PHILADELPHIA:

Date	Where	Events
September 29, 1977	Groton, CT	USS PHILADELPHIA and USS ARCHERFISH (SSN 678) collide stern to stern at slow speeds at the Groton Submarine Base, with minor damage reported.
September 5, 2005	off Bahrain, Persian Gulf	USS PHILADELPHIA and the Turkish-flagged MV YASO AYSEN collide in the Persian Gulf while the PHILADELPHIA is on the surface transiting to Bahrain for a port visit. No sailors or merchant seamen are injured.

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