Career
Awarded:	19 April 1982
Laid down:	3 March 1984
Launched:	15 March 1986
Commissioned:	3 June 1989
Status:
Homeport:	Norfolk, Virginia
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5785 tons light, 6187 tons full, 402 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 Newport News (SSN-750), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984. She was launched on 15 March 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Rosemary Trible, and commissioned on 3 June 1989 with Commander Mark B. Keef in command.

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Newport News returned to Norfolk, Virginia, following a six-month overseas deployment that included operations in the Middle East. She deployed in August 2004, first to take part in joint operations with allied navies in the North Atlantic, then to the U.S. Central Command area of operations "in support of national security interests and the global war on terrorism."

See USS Newport News 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.