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Cincinnati (SSN-693)

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 6 April 1974, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 19 February 1977; Commissioned, USS Cincinnati (SSN-693), 10 June 1978. Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1995; Final Disposition, in storage at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal through the NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,000 t., Submerged: 6.927 t.; Length 360'; Beam 33'; Draft 29'; Speed, Surfaced 25 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth limit 950'; Complement 129; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes aft of bow can also launch Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles & MK-48 torpedoes; Combat Systems, AN/BPS-5 surface search radar, AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar, TB-16D passive towed sonar arrays, TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array, AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array, AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array, AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection); MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System, SADS-TG active detection sonar, Type 2 attack periscope (port), Type 18 search periscope (starboard), AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44, WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver, ESM; Propulsion System, S6G nuclear reactor one propeller at 35,000 shp.
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Los Angeles47kThe ring shaped hull section of Cincinnati (SSN-693) and the hull of Los Angeles (SSN-688) on the ways prior to the twin keel laying and launching ceremony on 6 April 1974. Clipping provided by Mike Hogan.Photo courtesy Tenneco Magazine.
Text courtesy of la-ex.org. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
Cincinnati327kKeel laying of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), 6 April 1974 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA. Photo courtesy The Daily Press, June, 1977 via Dale Hargrave.
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0869323		 107k Postal cover from the keel laying signed by Senator William Saxbe of Ohio, the speaker, and his wife Dolly, the authenticator. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Cincinnati206kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the keel laying of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), 6 April 1974 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.Photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
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0869321		 298k Mrs. Nancy Keating, Cincinnati's (SSN-693) sponsor. She was the wife of William J. Keating, publisher of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
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0869322		 321k Newspaper photo: With Mrs. Keating as she prepared to christen Cincinnati (SSN-693) is Ralph Cousins, then president of Newport News Shipbuilding. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
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0869324		 220k Newspaper photo: Mrs. Keating christens the Cincinnati (SSN-693). Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
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0869325		 102k Launching cover signed by Mrs. Keating and Ohio Representatives Thomas Luken and Willis D. Gradison, both of whom were speakers at the ceremony. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Cincinnati314kThe bow flag for the launching of the Cincinnati (SSN-693).Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Los Angeles792kRinged by the keel laying flag of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), tugs nudge the Los Angeles (SSN-688) dockside after her launching.Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Cincinnati168kInvitation for the launching of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), 19 February 1977 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA. Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave.
Cincinnati1.30kThe Cincinnati (SSN-693) is launched on 19 February 1977.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Cincinnati148kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the launching of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), 19 February 1977.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Cincinnati984kMayor Gerald Springer of Cincinnati (yes, THAT Jerry Springer) aboard Cincinnati (SSN-693) prior to commissioning. Photo courtesy The Daily Press, June, 1977 via Dale Hargrave.
Cincinnati453kA port view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine Cincinnati (SSN-693) underway on 1 January 1978. USN photo # DN-ST-82-04890, by Newport News & Shipbuilding, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Cincinnati248kCincinnati (SSN-693) port side view, underway on 1 January 1978 during her alpha sea trials off the coast of Virginia.Courtesy of Newport News & Shipbuilding.
Cincinnati153kCincinnati (SSN-693) port side view, underway on 1 January 1978 during her alpha sea trials off the coast of Virginia.Courtesy of Newport News & Shipbuilding.
Cincinnati37kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the first builders trials of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), 28 March 1978. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Cincinnati80k Bow on view of the Cincinnati (SSN-693) underway, possibly during her shakedown cruise off the Virginia coast, 1978. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Cincinnati29kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Cincinnati's (SSN-693) commissioning, 10 June 1978. Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
Cincinnati471kThe Cincinnati (SSN-693) shows the flag.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Cincinnati876kCincinnati (SSN-693) and her seal.USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Cincinnati410kWelcome Aboard the Cincinnati (SSN-693).USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Cincinnati286kFormer President Nixon behind the periscope with Admiral Rickover during a visit aboard the Cincinnati (SSN-693), Fall 1980. Photo courtesy of Francis R. Murphy via mackinweb.net.
Cincinnati462kCincinnati (SSN-693) lies in waiting for someone to tell me where she is.Photo courtesy of Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR RET.
Richard B. Russell231kThe Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines Cincinnati (SSN-693) and Memphis (SSN-691) display ensigns and union jacks during the commissioning ceremony for their sister ship, the Salt Lake City (SSN-716). Moored alongside the submarine tender L.Y. Spear (AS-36) is the nuclear-powered attacks submarine Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) on 12 May 1984. USN photo # DN-ST-84-09330, by PH1 Wujcik, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Cincinnati148kChristmas lights are used to decorate ships that are in port at Norfolk, VA. for Christmas on 23 December 1984. The nuclear-powered attack submarine Cincinnati (SSN-693) is in the foreground to the left. USN photo # DN-ST-85-05487, by PH1 Wujcik, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Cincinnati71kCincinnati (SSN-693) underway in the Bay of Gibraltar, 11th June 1994.Contributed by Daniel Ferro.
Cincinnati25kCommemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the inactivation of the Cincinnati (SSN-693), 8 December 1994 at Norfolk Navy Base.Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
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0869339		 419k The Big Red Machine aboard the Cincinnati (SSN-693) - the boat's diesel engine. Photo was taken from inboard aisle of the auxiliary machinery room, looking forward. Photo courtesy of Eric Becker & submitted by Brian Baird.
Spent Fuel569kSealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003:
Patrick Henry (SSBN-599),
Snook (SSN-592),
George Washington (SSBN-598),
Scamp (SSN-588),
Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601),
Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618),
Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600),
Dace (SSN-607),
John Adams (SSBN-620),
Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602),
Barb (SSN-596),
Ethan Allen (SSBN-608),
Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610),
Pollack (SSN-603),
Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685),
James Monroe (SSBN-622),
Skipjack (SS-585),
Nathan Hale (SSBN-623),
Plunger (SSN-595),
Shark (SSN-591),
Lafayette (SSBN-616),
Sam Houston (SSBN-609),
Jack (SSN-605),
Haddo (SSN-604),
Tinosa (SSN-606),
Guardfish (SSN-612),
Permit (SSN-594),
Queenfish (SSN-651),
Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631),
John Marshall (SSBN-611),
George C. Marshall (SSBN-654),
Flasher (SSN-613),
Guitarro (SSN-665),
Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617),
George Washington Carver (SSBN-656),
Tecumseh (SSBN-628),
Halibut (SSGN-587),
Will Rogers (SSBN-659),
Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655),
Daniel Boone (SSBN-629),
Greenling (SSN-614),
John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630),
Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633),
Skate (SSN-578),
Sargo (SSN-583),
Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657),
Sturgeon (SSN-637),
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640),
Swordfish (SSN-579),
Seadragon (SSN-584),
Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634),
Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641),
Hammerhead (SSN-663),
Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) ,
Tullibee (SSN-597),
Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644),
Pargo (SSN-650),
Seahorse (SSN-669),
Gurnard (SSN-662),
Flying Fish (SSN-673),
Gato (SSN-615),
Puffer (SSN-652),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Baton Rouge (SSN-689),
Bergall (SSN-667),
Whale (SSN-638),
Henry Clay (SSBN-625),
James Madison (SSBN-627),
Finback (SSN-670),
Spadefish (SSN-668),
Sunfish (SSN-649),
George Bancroft (SSBN-643),
Grayling (SSN-646),
Pintado (SSN-672),
Tunny (SSN-682),
Archerfish (SSN-678),
& Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624).
As time passes & more boats are retired from service and their reactors are brought here, so the numbers rise. In this photo dated November 2009, 98 nuclear submarines and six nuclear cruisers have been recycled. For an up to date view, click here		USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory).
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Commanding Officers
01CDR. Wilkes III, Gilbert VanBuren, USN (USNA 1961)10.06.1978 - 17.01.1981 First Date in Commission
02CDR. Juroff, Kurt Thomas, USN (USNA 1965)17.01.1981 - 18.02.1984
03CDR. Hawthorne Jr., Robert Earle, USN (USNA 1967)18.02.1984 - 11.09.1987
04CDR. Consaul III, Harry Parker, USN (USNA 1969)11.09.1987 - 11.08.1989
05CDR. Boroff, Jeffrey Lee, USN (USNA 1972)11.08.1989 - 16.05.1992
06CDR. Baker, Jeffrey Ward, USN (USNA 1975)16.05.1992 - 28.10.1994
07CDR. Stathos, Christopher Louis, USN (USNA 1977)28.10.1994 - 31.07.1995 Last Date in Commission
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
There is no DANFS History currently available for Cincinnati (SSN-693) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
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