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- USS Hartford (SSN 768) the second vessel named USS HartfordOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Commissioned: December 10, 1994Official Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Made by: Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics CorporationOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Propulsion system: one nuclear reactorOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Propellers: oneOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Length: 360 feetOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Beam: 33 feetOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Speed: surfaced about 15 knots, submerged about 32 knotsOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Armament: Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles from VLS-tubes, four 533 mm torpedo Tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, ability to lay minesOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Cost: approx. $900 million
- Homeport: Groton, CTOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Crew: 13 Officers, 116 EnlistedOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)Official Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Ran aground in 2003, was slightly injuredOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
- Several from the crew, including the commanding officer, were relieved of their duties after the incidentOfficial Site: USS Hartford (SSN 768)
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The USS Hartford is a U.S. Navy submarine. It is the second vessel with the same name. The submarine collided with the Navy's USS New Orleans on March 20, 2009, in the Strait of Hormuz. Both vessels were damaged, but could operate after the collision. 15 sailors on the submarine suffered minor injures. The nuclear-powered propulsion plant on the submarine was not damaged.Bloomberg: U.S. Submarine, Naval Ship Collide in Hormuz Strait (March 20, 2009) CNN: U.S. Navy vessels collide near Iran (March 20, 2009)
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Collision with USS New Orleans
The submarine collided with the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock, around 5 a.m. on March 20, 2009, in the Strait of Hormuz. A fuel tank was ruptured on the USS New Orleans, causing 25,000 liters of diesel fuel to spill in the water. No one on USS New Orleans was injured. The collision is under investigation.Bloomberg: U.S. Submarine, Naval Ship Collide in Hormuz Strait (March 20, 2009) CNN: U.S. Navy vessels collide near Iran (March 20, 2009) -
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On This day (2 February 1862), Flag Officer David G. Farragut departed from Hampton Roads on his ship USS Hartford... http://bit.ly/d2hQ59
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And in 1862 - USS Hartford, Capt David G. Farragut, departed Hampton Roads for Mississippi River campaign
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