Pasadena is an improved Los Angeles SSN 688i Class
submarine built by General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division,
Groton, CT.
This nuclear submarine was transferred from the
Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet in October l990 and homeported in
San Diego, CA. In June 1993, Pasadena was deployed to the Persian
Gulf and participated in several exercises with the Royal Saudi,
Omani and Australian Navies. She was deployed to the Arabian Gulf
in March l995 and was the first American submarine to conduct exercises with
the Indian Navy.
In April l997, Pasadena changed homeport to
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where she is now assigned to Commander, Submarine
Squadron Seven.
Pasadena's moto is:
"Anywhere
Anytime".