USS Charlotte (SSN-766)
Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy
USS Charlotte (SSN-766)
USS Charlotte (SSN-766), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. Sponsored by Mrs. Mary McComack, she was launched on 3 October 1992 and commissioned on 16 September 1994. She arrived at her homeport of Naval Station Pearl Harbor on 17 November 1995. On 4 March 2026, during the 2026 Iran war Charlotte engaged and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, becoming the first United States naval vessel to sink an enemy vessel with a torpedo since the Pacific theater of World War II, and the second nuclear submarine to do so in history.
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