USS La Jolla (SSN 701)

USS LA JOLLA is the 14^th LOS ANGELES class nuclear powered attack submarine. As of December 2000, LA JOLLA is homeported in Pearl Harbor, HI. The submarine was previously homeported in San Diego, Calif. and after a two-year overhaul in Kittery, Maine, shifted homeport to Pearl Harbor where she is now attached to Submarine Squadron One.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 10, 1973
	Keel Laid: October 16, 1976
	Launched: August 11, 1979
	Commissioned: September 30, 1981
	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
	Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted
	Homeport: Pearl Harbor, HI.

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Crew List:

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

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Accidents of USS LA JOLLA:

Date Where Events

1982 30 miles off San Francisco, Calif.
In late 1982, USS PERMIT (SSN 594), cruising on the surface, collides with USS LA JOLLA, at periscope depth, while they are on sea trials off San Francisco. The PERMIT receives a ten-foot-long, three-foot-wide "scrape" in the paint on the keel, while LA JOLLA suffers minor rudder damage.

February 11, 1998 about 9 miles off Chinhae, South Korea
While approaching the port of Chinhae, South Korea, the crew of LA JOLLA overlooked a fishing trawler (27 tons) and both vessels collided. The trawler sank. The five crewmembers of the trawler were rescued by the crew of LA JOLLA.

Date	Where	Events
1982	30 miles off San Francisco, Calif.	In late 1982, USS PERMIT (SSN 594), cruising on the surface, collides with USS LA JOLLA, at periscope depth, while they are on sea trials off San Francisco. The PERMIT receives a ten-foot-long, three-foot-wide "scrape" in the paint on the keel, while LA JOLLA suffers minor rudder damage.
February 11, 1998	about 9 miles off Chinhae, South Korea	While approaching the port of Chinhae, South Korea, the crew of LA JOLLA overlooked a fishing trawler (27 tons) and both vessels collided. The trawler sank. The five crewmembers of the trawler were rescued by the crew of LA JOLLA.

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USS LA JOLLA Image Gallery:

The photo below was taken by me and shows the LA JOLLA at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hi., on March 14, 2008.

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