USS Helena (SSN-725)

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USS Helena (SSN-725)
Career USN Jack
Awarded: 19 April 1982
Laid down: 28 March 1985
Launched: 28 June 1986
Commissioned: 11 July 1987
Status: Active in service as of 2008
Homeport: San Diego, California
General characteristics
Displacement: 5808 tons light, 6203 tons full, 395 tons dead
Length: 110.3 m (362 ft)
Beam: 10 m (33 ft)
Draft: 9.4 m (31 ft)
Propulsion: one S6G reactor
Complement: 12 officers, 98 men
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USS Helena (SSN-725), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. She was launched on 28 June 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Jean Busey, and commissioned on 11 July 1987, with Commander Thomas Moore in command.

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This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.

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