LOS ANGLES CLASS FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE. Her keel was laid on the 26th of August 1980, and she began her waterborne career on the 16th of October 1982 when she was launched in Newport News, Virginia. She was commissioned on the 12th of May 1984 in Norfork, Virginia. Her initial assignment on commissioning was Submarine Squadron EIGHT.

In May of 1985, after completion of the Post Shipyard Availability, she was assigned to Submarine Group FIVE. at her home port of San Diego, California. The USS. SALT LAKE CITY (SSN 716) is the Navy's 27th Nuclear Submarine. In July of 1986, she was reassigned to Squadron Eleven. In October of 1991 she began an extensive Depot Modernization Period at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and was assigned again to Submarine Group FIVE. After completion of the Depot Modernization Program, she returned to San Diego as a member of Submarine Squadron THREE. Upon the decommissioning of Squadron THREE, in March of 1995, she was assigned to Submarine Squadron ELEVEN