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SSN-758 USS Asheville
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Namesake. Asheville, NC
Awarded. 26 Nov 1984
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Laid down. 9 Jan 1987
Launched. 24 Feb 1990
Christened. 28 Oct 1989
Commissioned. 28 Sep 1991
Motto. From The Mountains, To The Seas
Nickname. The Ghost of the Coast
Class and type. Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement. 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead
Length. 362 ft (110 m)
Beam. 33 ft (10 m)
Draft. 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:
1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%
2 × steam turbines (33,500) shp
1 × shaft
1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW)
Speed:
Surfaced. 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Submerged. +20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) (official)
Complement. 20 officers, 110 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems. BQQ-5 passive sonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, WLR-8 fire control radar receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder
Electronic warfare & decoys. WLR-10 countermeasures set
Armament. 4 × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km), Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines
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