USS Atlanta (SSN-712) [SEP] vessel class
USS Atlanta (SSN-712)
USS "Atlanta" (SSN-712), a , was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Atlanta, Georgia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 1 August 1975 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1978. She was launched on 16 August 1980 sponsored by Mrs. Sam Nunn, and commissioned on 6 March 1982, with Commander Robin J. White in command.
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of the first steel ships of the "New Navy", launched in 1884.
- The third USS "Atlanta" (CL-51) was commissioned in 1941 and sunk in November 1942 in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
- The fourth USS "Atlanta" (CL-104) was commissioned in 1944, served in World War II, then in the 1960s was used for target practice.
- The fifth USS "Atlanta" (SSN-712) was a "Los Angeles"-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned 1982 and inactivated 1999.