High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Baltimore (SSN-704), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Baltimore, Maryland. The contract to build her 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 21 May 1979. She was launched on 13 December 1980 sponsored by the Honorable Marjorie S. Holt, and commissioned on 24 July 1982 with Captain Michael D. Bradley in command. The Ships logo was "From Sails to Atoms," as inscribed on the ships original plaque.