Career
Awarded:	20 February 1976
Laid down:	1 August 1979
Launched:	31 October 1981
Commissioned:	21 May 1983
Fate:
Homeport:	Norfolk, Virginia
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5751 tons light, 6126 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

USS Norfolk (SSN-714), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Norfolk, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 20 February 1976 and her keel was laid down on 1 August 1979. She was launched on 31 October 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Caspar Weinberger, and commissioned on 21 May 1983, with Commander Kenneth R. Carr in command.

at least 22 years of history go here

On August 25 2004, Norfolk returned to Norfolk, VA after a 22-month Engineering Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

See USS Norfolk 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.

External links

• nvr.navy.mil: USS Norfolk
• navsource.org: USS Norfolk
• official website