Career
Awarded:	19 April 1982
Laid down:	28 March 1985
Launched:	28 June 1986
Commissioned:	11 July 1987
Status:
Homeport:	San Diego, California
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5808 tons light, 6203 tons full, 395 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.4 meters (31 feet)
Propulsion:	one S6G reactor
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men

USS Helena (SSN-725), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. She was launched on 28 June 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Jean Busey, and commissioned on 11 July 1987, with Commander Thomas Moore in command.

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See USS Helena for other ships of the same name.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.