USS Providence (SSN 719) was the 32nd of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarines built. She is a Flight III boat, the first of the 688's with the Vertical Launch System (VLS) installed. Her keel was laid on October 14, 1982, at General Dynamics - Electric Boat Division in Groton, Connecticut and was launched on August 4, 1984. She was commissioned as a vessel of the U.S. Navy on July 27, 1985, with Captain E. Morrow in command.

February ?, 2003 USS Providence departed Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) for a surge deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

March 20, At least three U.S. Navy ships, including the Providence, and two British submarines currently assigned to the 5th Fleet AoO launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) in military operations to disarm Iraq.

August 9, SSN 719 returned to her homeport after a six-month underway period in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The submarine force accounted for nearly one-third of Tomahawk missiles launched during the war.

During the around-the-world deployment in 2006 she participated in Indo-U.S. Joint Exercise MALABAR '06, Oct. 24-Nov. 5 in the Indian Ocean and many other significant assignments. Port visits included Singapore, Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan; Goa, India; as well as transits through both the Suez Canal and Panama Canal.

July 2, 2007 USS Providence pulled to Bristol, R.I., to participate in New England Navy Week.

June 12, 2008 SSN 719 recently visited its Namesake City in Rhode Island for a "USS Providence Day" celebration.

July 1, USS Providence commemorated the 50th anniversary of the first submarine polar transit by the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) in 1958 by breaking through the ice at the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean, while en route to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

December 18, USS Providence returned to Groton after a scheduled six-month deployment.

January 15, 2009 U.S. Navy awarded General Dinamics Electric Boat a $34.9 million contract to perform a routine maintenance and modernization work on the Providence. Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will perform a Selected Restricted Availability (SRA), which consists of repairs, maintenance work, alterations and several major systems upgrades. The work is expected to be completed by September.

February 6, Cmdr. Raymond Gabriel relieved Capt. Michael Holland as commanding officer of USS Providence during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London's Shepherd of the Sea chapel.