USS Virginia (SSN-774)

USS Virginia (SSN-774)
History
United States
NameUSS Virginia
NamesakeCommonwealth of Virginia
Ordered30 September 1998
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down2 September 1999
Launched
  • 16 August 2003
  • Program cost, US$29 billion
  • Unit cost, US$6 billion (FY 2011)
Acquired12 October 2004
Commissioned23 October 2004
HomeportGroton, Connecticut
Identification
Motto
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Class & typeVirginia-class submarine
Displacement7,800 tons
Length377 ft (115 m)
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)
Draft32 ft (9.8 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%
  • 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW)
  • 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Test depthgreater than 800 ft (244 m)
Complement134 (14 officers, 120 enlisted)
Armament12 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 the second US Navy attack submarine to be named after a state, a pattern that is common throughout her class.

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