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The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. [10]
USS Virginia (SSN-774) is a nuclear powered cruise missile attack submarine and the lead ship of her class, currently serving in the United States Navy (USN). She is the tenth vessel of the Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the second US Navy attack submarine to be named after a state, a pattern that is common throughout her class.
130. Armament. 12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo) USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia -class nuclear powered fast- attack submarine of the United States Navy. She is the second U.S. warship named for the 47th state, after the early twentieth century super-dreadnought, USS New Mexico (BB ...
First nuclear submarine class with teardrop hull form. USS Scorpion lost at sea 1968. Thresher/Permit: 14 USS Thresher (SSN-593) 28 May 1958 USS Gato (SSN-615) 25 January 1968 First class with bow sonar sphere. Known as Thresher class until the loss of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1963 Tullibee: 1 26 May 1958 9 November 1960
12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo) USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia -class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard (then called Newport News ...
W. USS Wahoo (SSN-806) USS Washington (SSN-787) Categories: Submarine classes of the United States Navy. Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy. Attack submarines. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
USS Hawaii (SSN-776), a Virginia -class submarine, is the first commissioned warship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state. (A previous large cruiser, or battlecruiser, USS Hawaii (CB-3) was launched, but never commissioned, and was named after the Territory of Hawaii.) The building contract was awarded to the Electric Boat ...
4 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes. USS New Jersey (SSN-796), a Block IV Virginia -class submarine, is the third United States Navy vessel named for the state of New Jersey. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 25 May 2015, at a ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. [5][6][7]