   {|    |} uss buffalo (ssn-715), a , was the second ship of the united states navy to be named for buffalo, new york (another  was named for the animal). the contract to build her was awarded to newport news shipbuilding and dry dock company in newport news, virginia on 23 february 1976 and her keel was laid down on 25 january 1980. she was launched on 8 may 1982 sponsored by mrs. joanne kemp, and commissioned on 5 november 1983, with commander g. michael hewitt in command. in 1999, buffalo was modified to carry a dry deck shelter (dds). in 2002, the buffalo entered drydock in pearl harbor, hawaii and became the first ship to undergo nuclear refueling in hawaii. in late november 2005, the dds was used to launch an underwater glider capable of gathering and storing information to be later transmitted by means of a built-in satellite phone. on
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