USS Virginia (SSN-774)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Virginia |
Namesake | Commonwealth of Virginia |
Ordered | 30 September 1998[1] |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 2 September 1999[1] |
Launched | |
Acquired | 12 October 2004[3] |
Commissioned | 23 October 2004[1] |
Homeport | Groton, Connecticut[4] |
Identification |
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Motto |
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Status | in active service[1] |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
Displacement | 7,800 tons |
Length | 377 ft (115 m)[1] |
Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m)[1] |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m)[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
Complement | 134 officers and enlisted personnel |
Armament | 12 BGM-109 Tomahawk |
USS Virginia (SSN-774) is a
The contract to build her was awarded to the
Virginia was delivered to the Navy on 12 October 2004, the 104th anniversary of the commissioning of Holland, the Navy's first modern, commissioned submarine. She was commissioned on 23 October 2004 under the command of David J. Kern. The commissioning ceremony was featured in the 2005 television series Submarine: Hidden Hunter on Discovery Channel. This class of submarine is unique in that it features a photonics mast that freed ship designers to place the boat's control room in a lower, less geometrically constrained space than would be required by a standard, optical tube periscope. It is additionally unique in the U.S. Navy for featuring all-digital ship and ballast control systems that are operated by relatively senior watchstanders and a pressure chamber to deploy SEALs, divers or other special forces units while being submerged.
On 23 November 2005, Virginia completed her first deployment in support of the Global
The submarine completed her first 20-month-long overhaul in May 2012.[12]
Ship's crest
"Emblazoned on a blue background that symbolizes the mighty deep, Virginia is prominently positioned. The forward view of Virginia denotes her leading the submarine force into a new century and onto a new and exciting course for the
The image of George Washington also looks forward with Virginia. George Washington, a Virginia native, has been characterized as the "indispensable man" vital to the formation of the American republic. In all of history, few men who possessed unassailable power have used that power so selflessly and wisely for the welfare of their countrymen and all mankind. Virginia also stands ready in all her indisputable power to serve the people of America and her allies."[13]
Commemorative works
The
References
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- ^ Bergman, Julia (22 February 2018). "USS Virginia, one of the first fast-attack submarines to be integrated, returns home". The Day. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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- ^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Virginia-Class Program". Submarine Industrial Base Council. 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Graves, Barbara; Whitman, Edward (Spring 1999). "The Virginia Class: America's Next Submarine". Undersea Warfare. 1 (2). Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Mohl, Michael. "Virginia (SSN-774)". NavSource Online. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Merritt, T. H. (13 April 2010). "USS Virginia Returns From Maiden Six-Month Deployment". Commander, Submarine Group Two. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ "PNSY Completes First Ever Virginia-class Major Maintenance Availability". Naval Sea Systems Command. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b McDermott, Kenn. "The Seal of the USS Virginia (SSN-774)". USS Virginia Base.org. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ Byrne, Diane M. (11 October 2010). "Tom Liesegang, Metal Master". MegaYacht News. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Liesegang, Tom (10 March 2010). "USS Virginia". Orka Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.