DATE: 05 DEC 2010

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The third USS Indianapolis (SSN-697), 
a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named 
for Indianapolis, Indiana. 
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation 
in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 19 October 1974. 
She was launched on 30 July 1977 sponsored by Mrs. William G. Bray, and 
commissioned on 5 January 1980, with Commander Harry P. Salmon, Jr., in command.

When the submarine Indianapolis was commissioned, many survivors of the cruiser Indianapolis 
CA-35, were present for the official ceremony. 
 
Name: USS Indianapolis SSN 697 
Awarded: 24 January 1972 
Builder: General Dynamics Corporation 
Laid down: 19 October 1974 
Launched: 30 July 1977 
Commissioned: 5 January 1980 
Decommissioned: 22 December 1998 
Struck: 22 December 1998 
Fate: To be disposed of by submarine recycling 
 

General characteristics: 
Class and type: Los Angeles class submarine 
Displacement: 5,784 tons light
6,154 tons full
370 tons dead 
Length: 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in) 
Beam: 10 m (32 ft 10 in) 
Draft: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) 
Propulsion: S6G nuclear reactor with D1G Core 2 Reactor, 148 MW 
Complement: 12 officers, 98 men 
Armament: 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 


Indianapolis was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 
22 December 1998 and stored in Pearl Harbor until disposed of by submarine recycling.

For other ships of the same name, see USS Indianapolis.

by; C.W. Crist