USS Oklahoma City Returns From Six-month Deployment
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS050119-05
Release Date: 1/19/2005 12:20:00 PM
From Naval Submarine Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (OKC) (SSN 723) returns to Norfolk Naval Station Jan. 20 after a six-month deployment.
Oklahoma City deployed to the Pacific Ocean in July 2004, and within three weeks, completed an inter-fleet transfer under the Arctic. In the Pacific, OKC conducted operations in support of national security interests and the global war on terrorism. The submarine completed its circumnavigation of North America by transiting to the Atlantic through the Panama Canal in January 2005.
With stealth, endurance and agility, fast-attack submarines like Oklahoma City are multimission-capable - able to deploy and support special forces operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary's military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from within proximity to a target, and ensure undersea superiority.
Commanded by Cmdr. Gordon C. Williams, the submarine is 360 feet long, displaces 6,900 tons of water, and can travel in excess of 25 knots. OKC's armaments include Tomahawk cruise missiles and MK-48 advanced capability torpedoes.
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