Encyclopedia > USS Boise

  Article Content

USS Boise

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Boise, after Boise, capital city of Idaho.


Boise (SSN-764) was laid down 25 August 1988 at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company in Newport New, Virginia[?]; launched 23 March 1991; and commissioned 7 November 1992, Commander D. Mericle[?] commanding.

In 2002 Boise was assigned to the USS John F. Kennedy carrier battle group when the group took part in Operation Enduring Freedom.

General Characteristics

(See Los Angeles-class submarine.)



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
KANU

... enlarged the democratic space in Kenya, including the expansion of political parties from 11 to 26. President Moi won re-election as President in the December 1997 ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 24.5 ms