| Class overview | |
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| Namesake: | The City of Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Builders: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Operator: |  United States Navy |
| Motto: | Silent Stinger |
| Ship number: | 766 |
| In commission: | September 16, 1994 |
| Active: | 1 |
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| Laid down: | August 17, 1990 |
| Launched: | October 3, 1992 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Mary McCormack |
| Commissioned: | September 16, 1994 |
| In service: | In active service, as of 2011 |
| Homeport: | Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam |
General characteristics |
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| Class and type: | Los Angeles-Class Submarine |
| Displacement: | 6,000 long tons (light) 6,927 long tons (full) 927 long tons (dead) |
| Length: | 361 feet 11 inches |
| Beam: | 32 feet 10 inches |
| Draft: | 30 feet 10 inches |
| Propulsion: | S6G Nuclear Reactor |
| Speed: | 15 knots surfaced - 30 knots submerged |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited distance; 20 years |
| Sailors Aboard: | 12 officers and 98 enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 10 × Mark 48 ADCAP torpedoes Tomahawk missiles Harpoon missiles Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines Mark 60 CAPTOR mines |
| Armor: | Classified |
| Submersibles carried: | Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) |
USS Charlotte (SSN-766) Description
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