USS FLORIDA
SSGN 728
  
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Keel Laid: July 4, 1976
Launched: November 14, 1981
Commissioned: June 18, 1983
Stricken: October 1, 2002 
Activated: May 25, 2006

Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division Co., Groton, CT.
Propulsion system: 1 S8G PWR 
Length, overall: 560 feet (170.69 meters)
Beam: 42 feet 
Draft: 32 15" feet (9.8 meters)
Displacement: 16764 tons (surfaced)
                       18750 tons (submerged)
Speed: 20 knots (surfaced)
            25+ knots (submerged)
Depth:  800+ feet (operational)
approx. 1200 feet (safe depth)
approx. 1800 feet (crash depth)
Crew: 15 Officers 140 Enlisted; 66 SEALs 
Armament: 
 - 22 tubes carrying 7 Tomahawks each (154 total)
 - 4 torpedo tubes with MK 48 Torpedoes
 - 2 tubes for UUVs
Homeport: Kings Bay, GA.