SL-1 Reactor Accident DVD

USS Texas was the second ship of four VIRGINIA class nuclear powered guided missile cruisers ordered by the United States Navy.
[Status: Disposed of by Recycling ]
Class: CGN 38 - Virginia Class Cruiser, Guided Missile, Nuclear
 

Builder: NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT 
 Delivery Date: 07/26/1977 
Award Date: 12/21/1971  Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): 24.3 years 
Keel Date: 08/18/1973  Commission Date: 09/10/1977
Launch Date: 08/09/1975  Decommission Date: 07/16/1993 
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal) 26.2 years  Years from Commission to Decommission: 15.8 
 Stricken Date: 07/16/1993 

Awarded: December 21, 1971 
Keel laid: August 18, 1973 
Launched: August 9, 1975 
Commissioned: September 10, 1977 
Decommissioned: July 16, 1993 
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va. 
Propulsion system: two D2G General Electric nuclear reactors 
Propellers: two 
Length: 585 feet (178 meters) 
Beam: 63 feet (19.2 meters) 
Draft: 31,5 feet (9.6 meters) 
Displacement: approx. 11,300 tons full load 
Speed: 30+ knots 
Aircraft: none and no helicopter landing capability 
Armament: two Mk-26 missile launcher for Standard missiles (MR) and ASROC, two Mk-141 Harpoon missile launchers, two armored box launchers for Tomahawk ASM/LAM, Mk-46 torpedoes from two triple mounts, two 5-inch/54 caliber Mk-45 lightweight guns, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, four machine guns 
Crew: 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted