 Russ Bentley (L), Director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, Louisville Detachment (NSWC PHD-L), presents Commander Christopher Kelly (U.S. Navy), commanding officer of the Trident-class fleet ballistic submarine USS Kentucky with a memento as Brigadier General Bud Berthold, contract administrator for the McConnell Technology & Training Center (MTTC) looks on. Commander Kelly and three members of the USS Kentucky’s "Gold" crew were in Louisville as part of their goodwill visit to the state of Kentucky to thank the citizens, schools and businesses of the Commonwealth for their support of troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
The McConnell Technology & Training Center (MTTC) received a visit today from the Commanding Officer and several senior crew members from the USS Kentucky (SSBN 737), a Trident-class fleet ballistic missile submarine.
Commander Christopher Kelly, Senior Chief Mark Crittendon (Chief of the Boat), Chief Petty Officer David Tomar, and Chief Petty Officer David Blankenship visited MTTC as part of their goodwill tour of their sub’s namesake state.
USS KENTUCKY is the third U.S. Naval vessel to be named in honor of the Bluegrass state, and the twelfth Trident-class fleet ballistic submarine commissioned.
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General Characteristics:
| Keel Laid: |
December 18, 1987 |
| Launched: |
August 11, 1990 |
| Commissioned: |
July 13, 1991 |
| Builder: |
General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn. |
| Propulsion system: |
one nuclear reactor |
| Propellers: |
one |
| Length: |
560 feet (171 meters) |
| Beam: |
42 feet (12.8 meters) |
| Draft: |
36,5 feet (11.1 meters) |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons |
| Speed: |
20+ knots |
| Armament: |
24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mk-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes |
| Homeport: |
Bangor, Wash. |
| Crew: |
17 Officers, 15 Chief Petty Officers and 122 Enlisted |
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Photo of USS Kentucky (U.S. Navy Photo)
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