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Statistics
| Length: 360 feet |
Speed: Greater than 25 knots |
Launched: Dec. 8, 1984 |
| Beam: 33 feet |
Depth: Greater than 800 feet |
Commissioned: Nov. 23, 1985 |
| Displacement: 6,900 tons |
Keel Laid: April 15, 1983 |
Complement: 134 officers and enlisted crew |
History
USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) is the fourth American warship named for the city of Pittsburgh, Pa. The first was a Union gunboat during the Civil War while the next two were armored cruisers in the first and second World Wars.
The first Pittsburgh, a sidewheel, ironclad gunboat, gave continued service in the lengthy series of operations which wrested control of the lower Mississippi from the Confederacy.
The second Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser 4) had a plane land and take off from a platform constructed on her afterdeck, thus opening the era of naval aviation during the winter of 1910-1911. Cooperating with the British in World War I, she scouted German raiders and acted as a powerful deterrent against their penetration of the eastern Pacific.
The third Pittsburgh (CA72) was commissioned Oct. 10, 1944. She received two battle stars for World War II service.
Technology has dramatically changed the size and capabilities of Naval warships since the original Pittsburgh steamed the Mississippi in 1863. The mission of Pittsburgh (SSN 720), however, has not significantly changed: to protect the Naval interest of the United States of America.
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