1/350 Greeneville SSN-772

Product Code: 83531

Description

USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, and
the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named after
Greeneville, Tennessee The contract to build the boat was awarded
to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport
News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down
on 28 February 1992 She was launched on 17 September 1994,
sponsored by Tipper Gore, and commissioned on 16 February
1996Greeneville collided with a Japanese fishing vessel, Ehime
Maru, off the coast of Oahu in February 2001 She was named after
Greeneville, the home of 17th United States President Andrew
Johnson, after local residents, businesses such as Greeneville
Metal Manufacturing, which builds submarine components, and
government officials began a campaign for a submarine to be named
after their town, rather than a large metropolitan area