Keel Laid: January 9, 1987
Christened: October 28, 1989
Commissioned: September 28, 1991

Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA.
Propulsion system: 1 S6G PWR 
Length, overall: 360 feet (109.73 meters)
Beam: 33 feet (10 meters)
Draft: 32 15" feet (9.8 meters)
Displacement: 6300 tons (surfaced)
                       7147 tons (submerged)
Speed: 15 knots (surfaced)
            32+ knots (submerged)
Depth:  800+ feet (operational)
approx. 1200 feet (safe depth)
approx. 1800 feet (crash depth)
Crew: 14 Officers 115 Enlisted
Armament: 
 - 12 MK 36 VLS for Tomahawk missiles
 - 4/533mm TT MK 67 (amidships) for MK 48 and MK 48 ADCAP 
torpedoes (22 reloads + 2 additional emergency), mines
Homeport: Apra Harbor, Guam