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{{short description|Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Boise}}
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| Ship country = United States
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| Ship name = USS ''Boise''
| Ship namesake = The City of [[Boise, Idaho]]
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| Ship awarded = 6 February 1987
| Ship builder = [[Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding|Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]]
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| Ship laid down = 25 August 1988
| Ship launched = 23 March 1991
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| Ship commissioned = 7 November 1992
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| Ship homeport = [[Norfolk, Virginia]]
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| Ship badge = [[File:USS Boise SSN-764 Crest.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|6000|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} light
*{{convert|6927|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
*{{convert|927|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} [[Deadweight tonnage|dead]]
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| Ship propulsion = {{Los Angeles-class submarine Flight II/III propulsion}}
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| Ship complement = 13 officers, 121 Enlisted
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| Ship sensors = BQQ-5 passive [[sonar]], BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, WLR-8 fire control [[radar]] receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder
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| Ship armament = 4 × {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on|0}} bow tubes, 10 [[Mark 48 torpedo|Mk48 ADCAP torpedo]] reloads, [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk land attack missile]] block 3 SLCM range {{convert|1700|nmi|km}}, [[Boeing Harpoon|Harpoon anti–surface ship missile]] range {{convert|70|nmi|km}}, mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines
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'''USS ''Boise'' (SSN-764)''', a {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}, is the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for [[Boise, Idaho]]. The contract to build her was awarded to [[Northrop Grumman Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]] in [[Newport News, Virginia]] on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 25 August 1988.  She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 23 March 1991, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 7 November 1992.

==Service history==
During a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) carried out in 1999, ''Boise'' was reported "sunk" by Dutch diesel-electric powered submarine {{HNLMS|Walrus |1985|6}}. In the same exercise ''Walrus'' reportedly also took down eight other allied vessels, including the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} and {{USS|Mount Whitney|LCC-20|6}}, flagship of the [[United States Sixth Fleet]].

In 2002 ''Boise'' was assigned to the {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|2}} [[carrier strike group]] when the group took part in [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].

In March 2003, ''Boise'' delivered some of the opening shots of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] when she launched a full load of [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk missiles]] in support of the initial invasion.  The ship and crew were later awarded the [[Navy Unit Commendation]] for their distinguished service in action.

In February 2017, ''Boise'' was no longer dive-certified as was awaiting scheduled maintenance at Norfolk. Due to congestion and delays in Navy shipyards, it was planned that ''Boise'' would receive maintenance at a private shipyard during Fiscal Year 2019. However, due to unforeseen delays she only entered drydock in early 2021. If she returns to service as scheduled in 2023, there would have been an eight-year pause between her patrols.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ziezulewicz |first1=Geoff |title=The Navy's saddest fast-attack sub will finally get the tender loving maintenance it needs |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/04/29/the-navys-saddest-fast-attack-sub-will-finally-get-the-tender-loving-maintenance-it-needs/?ICID=ref_fark |access-date=3 May 2021 |publisher=Navy Times |date=1 May 2021}}</ref>

The long wait has been attributed to a ten year lapse in capabilities and logistic setbacks discovered during the retrofit and restoration work done on submarines {{USS|Helena|SSN-725|2}} and {{USS|Columbus|SSN-762|2}}.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Eckstein|first=Megan|date=May 26, 2020|title=NAVSEA Says Attack Sub Repairs Much Improved as USS Boise Enters Yard Following 4-Year Wait|work=USNI News|url=https://news.usni.org/2020/05/26/navsea-says-attack-sub-repairs-much-improved-as-uss-boise-enters-yard-following-4-year-wait|access-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref>

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