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{{short description|Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy}}
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|Ship name=USS ''Dallas''
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|Ship awarded= 31 January 1973
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'''USS ''Dallas'' (SSN-700)''' is a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|0}} [[Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] [[attack submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was the Navy's second vessel of that name, and the first to be named after the city of [[Dallas]], Texas. The first {{USS|Dallas|DD-199|2}}, a [[destroyer]], was named for 19th century US Naval officer Captain [[Alexander J. Dallas (United States Navy officer)|Alexander Dallas]]. Another two ships with the name were scheduled but never completed. On 4 April 2018, after nearly 37 years of commissioned service, the boat was decommissioned at the Controlled Industrial Area of [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility|Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]]. The defueled vessel will eventually undergo [[Ship-Submarine Recycling Program|recycling]].<ref name="38Years"/><ref name="kitsapsun.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2017/05/22/102018676/ |title=USS Dallas completing 36-year-run in Bremerton |first=Ed |last=Friedrich |date=22 May 2017 |newspaper=[[Kitsap Sun]] |access-date=18 February 2019 }}</ref>

==Service history==
The contract to build ''Dallas'' was awarded to the [[Electric Boat]] Division of [[General Dynamics]] Corporation in [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 9 October 1976. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 28 April 1979, sponsored by Mrs. [[Rita Crocker Clements]], wife of former Deputy Secretary of Defense [[Bill Clements]], and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 18 July 1981.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theday/obituary.aspx?n=donald-r-ferrier&pid=167357665&fhid=6914 |title=Donald Ferrier Obituary (2013) - Mystic, CT - The Day |website=[[Legacy.com]] }} </ref> ''Dallas'' was the first submarine of the ''Los Angeles'' class to be originally built with an all-digital fire control (tracking and weapon) system and sonar system. After commissioning, ''Dallas'' was attached to [[Submarine Development Squadron 12]] in [[New London, Connecticut]], where she was involved in research and development projects.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

On 27 August 1981 ''Dallas'' damaged her lower rudder when she ran aground while approaching the [[AUTEC|Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center]] site at [[Andros Island]], Bahamas. The submarine worked herself free after several hours and returned on the surface to New London, Connecticut, for repairs.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

From September 1988 ''Dallas'' was a member of [[Submarine Squadron 2]], New London. During her time with Squadron 2, she completed the first ever Depot Modernization Period and various overseas deployments.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

''Dallas'' completed an [[Refueling and Overhaul|Engineered Refueling Overhaul]] (ERO) at the [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]] in [[Kittery, Maine]], in 1998. The D1G-2 core was replaced with a D2W core. ''Dallas'' has had a removable [[Dry Deck Shelter]] for over a decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_7/losangelesclass.htm |title=First Los Angeles-Class SSN Gets Dry-Deck Shelter |first=Joseph |last=Rehana |date=2000 |website=U.S. Navy |access-date=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121014929/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_7/losangelesclass.htm |archive-date=21 November 2013 }}</ref> This large chamber, fitted aft of the sail, has an array of air, water and hydraulic systems that allow ''Dallas'' to employ the [[Swimmer Delivery Vehicle]], a highly mobile and virtually undetectable means of carrying out [[special forces]] missions.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

''Dallas'' has completed one deployment to the Indian Ocean, four [[Mediterranean Sea]] deployments, two Persian Gulf deployments, and seven deployments to the North Atlantic.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

===Museum and delayed inactivation===
[[File:USS Dallas (SSN-700) returning to Groton after final deployment in 2013.jpg|thumb|''Dallas'' returning from her 2013 deployment.]]
[[Naval Sea Systems Command]], the city of Dallas and the Dallas Navy League began discussions in 2008 for items from the boat in support of a memorial. These will become available during the actual vessel recycling phase, which is scheduled for 2023 for ''Dallas''.<ref name="kitsapsun.com"/>
Originally, it was planned to decommission ''Dallas'' in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navytimes.com/article/20130710/NEWS/307100033/7-frigates-list-FY-14-decommissionings |title=7 frigates on list of FY '14 decommissionings |first=Sam |last=Fellman |date=10 July 2013 |website=Navy Times |access-date=18 February 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713023512/http://www.navytimes.com/article/20130710/NEWS/307100033/7-frigates-list-FY-14-decommissionings |archive-date=13 July 2013 }}</ref> In May 2013, officials with the city of Dallas, Texas, announced a plan to create a maritime museum more than {{convert|250|mi|km}} from the nearest body of water in which a submarine can operate. Mayor [[Mike Rawlings]] and members of a foundation formed to create the new facility revealed one of their goals is to acquire and display ''Dallas'' next to a {{convert|30000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} museum building.

In 2013, the US Navy announced that the plan to retire ''Dallas'' had been extended to Fiscal Year 2017 and that instead, {{USS|Norfolk|SSN-714|6}} would begin inactivation in early 2015. The US Navy projected to save $10 million in Pre-Inactivation Restricted Availability (PIRA) costs as a result of the change.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=81340 |title=Navy Swaps Dallas, Norfolk Inactivation Dates |date=30 May 2014 |number=NNS140530-20 |publisher=U.S. Navy |access-date=14 June 2016 }}</ref>

The Dallas Maritime Museum, to be located along the banks of the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]], is planned to contain some components of the original boat, such as her sail, although there is some discussion about moving the entire submarine to the museum if the money can be raised.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/12/uss-dallas-maritime-museum-hunt-red-october-submarine/ |title=Could the Nuclear Submarine USS Dallas Finally Come to Dallas? |first=Alex |last=Macon |date=8 December 2017 |magazine=[[D Magazine]] |access-date=5 January 2018 }}</ref>

The Dallas Navy League had planned to host the four-day [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|inactivation ceremony]], to take place in [[Galveston, Texas]], on 7 April 2017. The Navy League subsequently reported that this public relations event was canceled by the US Navy, citing "budgetary constraints" while operating under a [[continuing resolution]]. Additionally, costs to the City of Dallas and/or the US Navy from leasing back already-allocated pier space were judged as excessive. The requirement to compensate commercial shipping companies for their already-reserved commercial pier space resulted from the Navy's on-again/off-again planning cycle for the inactivation ceremony, which ultimately was re-canceled.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

== Awards ==
''Dallas'' received two [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]s, two [[Navy Unit Commendation]]s and was awarded the [[Battle Efficiency E]] for FY 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000 and 2013.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} Further recognition includes nomination for the 1993 [[Battenberg Cup]] as the best all-around ship in the fleet and the 1999 Engineering&nbsp;"E" and Medical&nbsp;"M".{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

== In fiction ==
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*''Dallas'' features prominently in the 1984 [[Tom Clancy]] novel ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' and the [[The Hunt for Red October (film)|1990 film adaptation]].
*''Dallas'' is featured along with her sister boat {{USS|Charlotte|SSN-766|6}} in the [[John Ringo]] novel ''Under a Graveyard Sky''.
*''Dallas'' is featured in the popular 2009 video game ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'' in the mission "The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday", alongside {{USS|Chicago|SSN-721|6}} when they were part of the [[United States Sixth Fleet|Sixth Fleet]].

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==External links==
*{{cite web
|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/command-operations-reports/ships/d/dallas-ssn-700-i.html
|title=Dallas (SSN-700) Command operations reports
|website=Naval History and Heritage Command
|access-date=18 February 2019
|archive-date=18 October 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018150406/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/command-operations-reports/ships/d/dallas-ssn-700-i.html
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.dmmf.org/ |title=Dallas Maritime Museum Foundation}}
*[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dallas-iii.html USS ''Dallas'' (SSN-700), Naval History and Heritage Command]
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