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USS HONOLULU SSN 718 ATTACK SUBMARINE~CACHE~30 NOV 1993 CNX FINE/VERY FINE

$ 2.1

Availability: 74 in stock
  • Grade: F/VF (Fine/Very Fine)
  • Year of Issue: 1993
  • Color: Black
  • Denomination: 29¢
  • Topic: Submarines
  • Quality: Used
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Cancellation Type: Submarine Mail
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    USS HONOLULU SSN 718 ATTACK SUBMARINE~CACHE~30 NOV 1993 CANCELED IN HONOLULU, HI FINE/VERY FINE
    Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 10 November 1981, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 24 September 1983; Commissioned, USS Honolulu (SSN-718), 6 July 1985. Honolulu was decommissioned on 2 November 2007 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on the same date. Ex-Honolulu entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington.
    The forward section of ex-Honolulu was transferred to San Francisco (SSN-711), repairing extensive damage caused by a severe grounding she experienced in 2005. The project was completed on 20 October 2008.
    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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