USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) [SEP] vessel class
USS Cincinnati (SSN-693)
USS "Cincinnati" (SSN-693), a , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cincinnati, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 6 April 1974. She was launched on 19 February 1977 sponsored by Mrs. William J. Keating, and commissioned on 10 June 1978, with Commander Gilbert V. Wilkes, III in command.
was delivered to the Pacific Fleet in 1986. Captain Kern then reported to the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, and earned a Master's degree in national security affairs.
Captain Kern served as Combat Systems Officer on
USS "Newport News" (SSN-750)
and in 1990 received the Stephen Decatur Award for Operational Excellence from the Navy League of the United States. In 1990, he reported aboard
USS "Cincinnati" (SSN-693)
as Engineer Officer and deployed to the North Atlantic. In 1992