Career
Ordered:	27 February 1978
Laid down:	9 March 1983
Launched:	12 January 1985
Commissioned:	25 January 1986
Fate:
Homeport:	Bangor, Washington
General Characteristics
Displacement:	15219 tons light, 16756 tons full, 1537 tons dead
Length:	170.6 meters (560 feet)
Beam:	12.8 meters (42 feet)
Draft:	11.5 meters (38 feet)
Propulsion:	S8G reactor
Complement:	13 officers, 140 men
Armament:	MK-48 Torpedoes 24 Trident I C-4 Ballistic Missiles
Motto:	Alert, Confident, Able

USS Alaska (SSBN-732), a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 49th state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 27 February 1978 and her keel was laid down on 9 March 1983. She was launched on 12 January 1985 sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Stevens, and commissioned on 25 January 1986, with Captain P.L.Callahan in command of the Blue Crew and Captain C.J. Chotvacs in command of the Gold Crew.

18½ years of history go here

See USS Alaska for other ships of the same name.

References

Based on information from the Naval Vessel Register.