USS Honolulu (SSN-718)
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USS Honolulu was a Los Angeles-class submarine and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
USS Honolulu, probably during sea trials off the United States East Coast in 1984.
Three polar bears approach Honolulu's starboard bow while she is on the surface 280 nautical miles (519 km) from the North Pole.
The Ship-Submarine Recycling Program is the process that the United States Navy uses to dispose of decommissioned nuclear vessels. SRP takes place only at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton,
USS Honolulu (SSN-718)
…down, on her way to decommissioning. Honolulu was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 November 2007. Ex-Honolulu entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington. The forward section of ex-Honolulu was transferred to USS San Francisco, repairing extensive damage caused by a severe grounding…
In this image, the superstructure of Virginia has been replaced with containment structures to remove nuclear fuel before entering SRP.
Enterprise under tow to Newport News Shipbuilding to begin the defuelling process in June 2013
The hull of Long Beach moored at Puget Sound awaiting disposal in March 2011
A total of sixteen decommissioned SSNs and SSBNs moored awaiting their fate at Puget Sound in May 1993