page_title: USS San Juan (SSN-751)
section_title: Collision with USS Kentucky
hierarchical_section_title: USS San Juan (SSN-751) / History / Collision with USS Kentucky
caption_attribution_description: English: SOUDA BAY, Crete, Greece (May 22, 2007) - Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) arrives for a routine port visit. San Juan departed her homeport of Groton, Conn., earlier this month for deployment in support of maritime operations.
context_page_description: USS San Juan (SSN-751), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named San Juan, though only the second named for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 November 1982 and her keel was laid down on 9 August 1985. She was launched on 6 December 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Sherrill Hernandez, wife of VADM Diego E. Hernández, and commissioned on 6 August 1988.
  During the early evening of March 13, 2007, units of the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group received a series of indications that USS San Juan, a Los Angeles class submarine conducting pre-deployment training with the Enterprise CSG, was in distress.
  Fortunately, the submarine established communications in the early morning hours of March 14, and indicated that there were no problems; hence, units were able to stand down from the search and rescue that was already well underway.
context_section_description: On 19 March 1998 off the coast of Long Island, New York, the submerged San Juan collided with the surfaced fleet ballistic missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN-737). There were no injuries reported as a result of the collision.
caption: Arriving Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, May 2007
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