SSN-722 USS Key West

Namesake. City of Key West, FL
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down. 6 Jul 1983
Launched. 20 Jul 1985
Commissioned. 12 Sep 1987
Out of service. 21 Sep 2023
Homeport. Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, WA
Status. In Commission, in Reserve (Stand Down), commencement of inactivation availability
Class and type. Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement. 5,799 tons light, 6,206 tons full, 407 tons dead
Length. 110.3 m (361.9 ft)
Beam. 10 m (32.8 ft)
Draft. 9.4 m (30.8 ft)
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. In excess of 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) (official)
Test depth. In excess of 800 ft (243.8 m)
Complement. 16 officers, 127 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems. BQQ-10 ARCI passive sonar, BQS-15 high frequency active 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
Armament. 4 × 21 in (533 mm) midships torpedo tubes, 12 x bow vertical launch tubes (for BGM-109 Tomahawks), up to 25 horizontal reloads (combination of Mk48 ADCAP torpedo or Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km)), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines