- USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)
USS "Cheyenne" (SSN-773), the last "Los Angeles"-class submarine, was the third ship of the
United States Navy to be named forCheyenne, Wyoming . The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company inNewport News, Virginia on28 November 1989 and her keel was laid down on6 July 1992 . She was launched on16 April 1995 sponsored by Mrs. Ann Simpson, wife of Wyoming Senator Alan K. Simpson, and commissioned on13 September 1996 , with Commander Peter H. Ozimik in command."Cheyenne" transferred to her homeport of
Pearl Harbor ,Hawaii , in1998 ."Cheyenne" has served as a trials platform for flat-screen, interoperative
sonar displays based on commercially-available equipment."Cheyenne" was the first ship to launch
Tomahawk missiles in Operation Iraqi Freedom [cite web |url=http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=7108 |title=One of Navy's First Tomahawk Shooters of Operation Iraqi Freedom Returns to Pearl Harbor |date=2003-04-28 |author=Chief Journalist David Rush] under the command of CDR Charles Doty. "Cheyenne" would go on to successfully launch her entire complement of Tomahawks, earning a "clean sweep" for combat actions in the final three months of a nine-month deployment. This dubbed her "First To Strike".USS "Cheyenne" was the final "Los Angeles" class submarine built by Newport News Shipyards. Following the construction of the USS "Cheyenne", Newport News began preparation for construction of the "Virginia" class.
In fiction
"Cheyenne" is the primary subject of the book "SSN" by
Tom Clancy , battling thePeople's Liberation Army Navy in a fictional war over theSpratly Islands . It is also featured in the video game by Tom Clancy called SSN.In the technothriller novel "Quicksilver" by
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens , the "Cheyenne" was ordered to fire a TomahawkTLAM Block Four cruise missile, under manual control of Weapons Officer Lt. Miken Marano, at the River Entrance of the PentagonReferences
External links
* [http://maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/submarines/01_pages/c/cheyenne_ssn773_page_1.htm Maritimequest USS Cheyenne SSN-773 photo gallery]
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