USS Hawaii (SSN-776)
USS Hawaii entering Pearl Harbor during a homeport change. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Hawaii |
| Namesake | US state of Hawaii |
| Ordered | 30 September 1998 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 27 August 2004 |
| Launched | 17 June 2006 |
| Commissioned | 5 May 2007 |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
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| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Type | Fast attack |
| Displacement | 7800 tons light, 7800 tons full |
| Length | 114.9 meters (377 feet) |
| Beam | 10.3 meters (34 feet) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Test depth | greater than 800 feet (240 meters) |
| Complement | 134 (14 officers, 120 enlisted) |
| Armament | 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes |
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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 Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 27 August 2004. She was christened on 17 June 2006 by her sponsor, Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii. Electric Boat delivered Hawaii to the US Navy on 22 December 2006, ahead of schedule. She was commissioned on 5 May 2007. In July 2009, she changed home port from Groton, CT (Submarine Group Two, Submarine Squadron Two) to Pearl Harbor, HI (Submarine Squadron One).