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USS NORFOLK SSN 714 ATTACK SUBMARINE~CACHE~23 AUG 1993 CNX FINE/VERY FINE

$ 2.1

Availability: 36 in stock
  • Color: Black
  • Topic: Submarines
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Cancellation Type: Submarine Mail
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Quality: Used
  • Year of Issue: 1993
  • Grade: F/VF (Fine/Very Fine)
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Denomination: 29¢
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    USS NORFOLK SSN 714 ATTACK SUBMARINE~CACHE~23 AUG 1993 CANCELLED ON BOARD USS SIMON LAKE AS-33
    COVER TIED TO A
    SC 2609 29¢ STAMP~FINE/VERY FINE
    Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 1 August 1979, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.; Launched, 3 October 1981; Commissioned, USS Norfolk (SSN-714), 21 May 1983. Norfolk was assigned to the US Atlantic Fleet and homeported at Norfork, VA. She was decommissioned on 11 December 2014 at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
    Towed by Apache T-ATF 172 19.04.2016 to Canal. Xfer to Sioux T-ATF 170, ETA Bremerton 24.05.2016. Decomm & Strike 18.11.2015.
    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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