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USS Omaha (SSN 692)

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Name
  
USS Omaha

Laid down
  
27 January 1973

Decommissioned
  
5 October 1995

Construction started
  
27 January 1973

Length
  
110 m

Awarded
  
31 January 1971

Commissioned
  
11 March 1978

Struck
  
5 October 1995

Launched
  
21 February 1976

Builder
  
General Dynamics

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USS Omaha (SSN-692), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Omaha, Nebraska. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 January 1971 and her keel was laid down on 27 January 1973. She was launched on 21 February 1976 sponsored by Mrs. Roman L. Hruska, and commissioned on 11 March 1978, with Commander Ted A. Hamilton in command.

Omaha was placed in commission in reserve on 7 February 1995, decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 October 1995 and laid up at Bremerton in Washington. She was scheduled to enter the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 30 September 2010. Recycling was completed 30 November 2012.

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