USS Louisville (SSN-724) [SEP] vessel class
USS Louisville (SSN-724)
USS "Louisville" (SSN-724), a "Los Angeles"-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Louisville, Kentucky. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 11 February 1982 and her keel was laid on 24 September 1984. She was launched on 14 December 1985—sponsored by Mrs. Betty Ann McKee (née Harris), wife of Admiral Kinnaird McKee, Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion
16, 1997 Submarine Squadron Three rejoined the Pacific Submarine Force in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with six submarines assigned: USS Columbia (SSN 771), USS Louisville (SSN 724), USS Key West (SSN 722), USS Olympia (SSN 717), USS Chicago (SSN 721), and USS Honolulu (SSN 718).
In 2003, five submarines from COMSUBRON 3 were deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Three of these submarines, USS Columbia (SSN 771), USS Louisville (SSN 724