USS Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles class fast-attack submarine and is the third ship named in honor of the city of Honolulu. Her keel was laid on November 10, 1981 and she was launched on September 24, 1983. She was commissioned on July 6, 1985. She moved to Hawaii to join the Pacific Fleet in September 1986.

August 21, 2002 USS Honolulu, commanded by Cmdr. Charles K. Harris, departed Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a six-month deployment, with the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Battle Group, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

April 13, 2003 SSN 718 returned to homeport following an seven-and-a-half month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

October 21, 2004 Cmdr. John Russ relieved Cmdr. Chuck Harris as commanding officer of USS Honolulu in a change of command ceremony held aboard the nuclear attack submarine stationed at Pearl Harbor Naval Station. Under Harris' command, the submarine was deployed for a seven-and-a-half month deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After returning, the submarine deployed again five months later to the Artic. They returned for six months then headed back to the western Pacific for a four-and-a-half-month surge deployment.

April 15, 2006 Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, Lt. Gov. James Aiona, and Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Gary Roughead joined past and current crew members of USS Honolulu to bid farewell to the nuclear-powered attack submarine at a ceremony at 10 a.m., at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Keynote speaker, U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Jonathan Greenert, who commanded Honolulu from 1991 to 1993, said the submarine performed exceptionally well throughout its career. SSN 718 is scheduled to depart for its final deployment to the western Pacific in early May. Following the deployment, it will return directly to Bremerton, Washington, to begin inactivation.

May 13, USS Honolulu departed homeport for a 10th western Pacific deployment.

October 7, USS Honolulu is currently in Hong Kong for one of the last western Pacific port visits.

October 28, SSN 718 arrived in Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, completing its final patrol. The submarine is inactivated and placed in reserve on Nov. 1.

Due to the extensive damage to the bow section of USS San Francisco (SSN 711), caused by a severe grounding in 2005, the bow was replaced with that of Honolulu. USS Honolulu is currently in drydock and is being cut up at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

October 12, 2007 USS Honolulu held its final awards ceremony, before its decommissioning, at the Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor Theater. During the two-hour ceremony Rear Adm. Frank M. Drennan, Commander Submarine Group TRIDENT, presented an award to Honolulu Commanding Officer, Cmdr. John Mosier and a Naval Unit Commendation Medal to the entire crew.

November 2, USS Honolulu was decommissioned and stricken from the U.S. Navy list.