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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]
12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes and BGM-109 Tomahawk. 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 ...
USS Wahoo (SSN-806), a Block V Virginia -class submarine for the United States Navy, will be the fifth United States Navy vessel named for the USS Wahoo (SS-238). It was ordered on 2 December 2019. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite officially announced the name on 17 November 2020, in a press release. [2]
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]
USS Iowa (SSN-797) USS. Iowa. (SSN-797) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774). Iowa (SSN-797), a Virginia -class submarine, will be the fourth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Iowa. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially announced the name on September 2, 2015, during a news briefing at Iowa State University.
40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk. USS Silversides (SSN-807) will be a Block 5 Virginia -class submarine for the United States Navy, its third warship named for the USS Silversides (SS-236). It was ordered on 2 December 2019. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite ...
USS. Colorado. (SSN-788) USS Colorado (SSN-788) is a nuclear powered United States Navy Virginia -class attack submarine, named for the State of Colorado. She is the fifteenth of her class and fifth of the significantly redesigned Block III, including a revised bow and VLS technology from the Ohio class of guided missile submarines. [7]
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 ...