USS Delaware (SSN-791)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Delaware.
 An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway. | |
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| Name: | USS Delaware |
| Namesake: | State of Delaware |
| Awarded: | 22 December 2008 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 30 April 2016 |
| Sponsored by: | Jill Biden |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 7800 tons light, 7800 tons full |
| Length: | 114.9 m (377 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S9G reactor |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[1] |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Test depth: | greater than 800 ft (240 m)[2] |
| Complement: | 134 officers and men[1] |
USS Delaware (SSN-791) will be a Virginia-class submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This ship is the eighth and final ship of the Block III subs that will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.[3] Construction on Delaware began in September 2013. The submarine is about 56 percent complete. She is scheduled for deployment in 2018.[4]
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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