Career
Awarded:	13 August 1981
Laid down:	6 July 1983
Launched:	20 July 1985
Commissioned:	12 September 1987
Fate:
Homeport:	Pearl Harbor
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5799 tons light, 6206 tons full, 407 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 Key West (SSN-722), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Key West, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 6 July 1983. She was launched on 20 July 1985 sponsored by Mrs. Virginia Conn, and commissioned on 12 September 1987 with Commander Warren Lipscomb, Jr. in command.

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See USS Key West 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.