Career
Awarded:	10 December 1973
Laid down:	24 July 1981
Launched:	27 August 1983
Commissioned:	21 July 1984
Fate:
Homeport:	Norfolk, Virginia
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5748 tons light, 6123 tons full, 375 tons dead
Length:	110.3 meters (362 feet)
Beam:	10 meters (33 feet)
Draft:	9.7 meters (32 feet)
Propulsion:	one S6G reactor
Complement:	12 officers, 98 men
Motto:	Committed To Excellence

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 10 December 1973 and her keel was laid down on 24 July 1981. She was launched on 27 August 1983 sponsored by the Admiral's wife, Mrs. Elenore Ann Bednowicz Rickover, (whose first name is found in a wide variety of spellings, including Eleanore, Eleonore, and Eleanor) and commissioned on 21 July 1984 with Commander Fredrik Sprutenburg in command.

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On 12 April 2004 Rickover returned from six months on patrol in the North Atlantic in support of the War on Terrorism.

References

Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register