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USS ''Pittsburgh'' (SSN-720) is a and is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ==History== The contract to build ''Pittsburgh'' was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 16 April 1979 and her keel was laid down on 15 April 1983. She was launched on 8 December 1984 sponsored by Dr. Carol Sawyer, and commissioned on 23 November 1985, with Commander Raymond Setser in command. On 2 April 1991 ''Pittsburgh'' and conducted submarine-launched Tomahawk missile attacks against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. 〔("Gulf War: April 1991." ) ''US Navy''.〕 USS ''Pittsburgh'' departed in October 2002 to deploy in the Mediterranean Sea. There, she again fired Tomahawk missiles into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. She returned from that deployment on 27 April 2003. On 3 August 2012, Commander Michael Ward II was relieved of command of the ship after "allegations of personal misconduct" surfaced in the media.〔("Sub commander relieved of duty after woman alleges he faked death to end affair." ) ''The Day Publishing Company'', 12 August 2012.〕〔Black, Jeff. ("Report: Ex-Navy sub commander Michael Ward II faked death to get out of affair with Virginia woman." ) ''NBC News'', 13 August 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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