USS Connecticut (SSN-22)

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USS Connecticut (SSN-22) is a Seawolf-class nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine operated by the United States Navy. Connecticut is the fifth active United States Ship to be named for the U.S. state of Connecticut, going back to 1776. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 3 May 1991, and her keel was laid down on 14 September 1992. She was launched on 1 September 1997, sponsored by Patricia L. Rowland, wife of the governor of Connecticut, John G. Rowland, and commissioned on 11 December 1998.

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