USS Wahoo (SSN-806)
The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774). | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Wahoo |
| Namesake | Wahoo |
| Ordered | 2 December 2019 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
| Status | Ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement | 10,200 tons |
| Length | 460 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion | S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Endurance | can remain submerged for periods in excess of 3 months |
| Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
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USS Wahoo (SSN-806), a Block V Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy, will be the fifth United States Navy submarine to bear the name, beginning with the World War II-era 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.