USS Alexandria SSN-757 Submarine. Dive with the USS Alexandria SSN-757 again in this handcrafted 20-inch submarine. Each piece is carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love. Length – 20 inches. US Veteran Owned Business. USS Alexandria (SSN-757), is a Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine and the third vessel of the United States Navy to be named for both Alexandria, Virginia, and Alexandria, Louisiana. [2] The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation on 26 November 1984. Her keel was laid down in Groton, Connecticut on 19 June 1987. [8] She was launched on 23 June 1990, sponsored by Mrs. Myrtle “Tookie” Clark, wife of Vice Admiral Glenwood Clark ret. , and commissioned on 29 June 1991. [1] Alexandria was placed in service on 22 March 1991. A series of sea trials began 16 April and were completed 4 June. Service History Alexandria, together with the guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63), guided-missile frigate USS Gary (FFG-51), and P-3C Orion maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, participated in Exercise Malabar 2004, a training exercise with the Indian Navy off the southwest coast of India that ended on 11 October 2004. In March 2007 Alexandria was participating in the joint U. Navy/Royal Navy Ice Exercise 2007 (ICEX-2007), conducted in the Arctic Ocean with the Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Tireless (S88). The two submarines were taking part in joint testing of submarine operability and tactical development in Arctic waters. On 21 March 2007, Tireless experienced an explosion of a self-contained oxygen generation candle, she suffered only superficial damage, but two crew members were killed and one injured. Kristian Saucier Incident On 19 August 2016, Navy machinist mate Kristian Saucier, 29, was sentenced by a U. [10] On 5 September 2017, having received an other-than-honorable discharge from the Navy, Saucier was released from jail.