SSN-800

SSN-800
History
The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
USA
Name:	SSN-800
Ordered:	April 28, 2014^[1]
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
General characteristics
Class & type:	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement:	7,800 tons
Length:	377 ft (115 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 up to 3 months
Test depth:	greater than 800 ft (244 m)
Complement:	15 officers 120 enlisted men
Armament:	12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk

SSN-800, is a currently-unnamed Block 4 Virginia-class submarine that was ordered on April 28, 2014.

References

↑ "Naval Vessel Register".

Virginia-class submarines

Block 1	Virginia Texas Hawaii North Carolina

Block 2	New Hampshire New Mexico Missouri California Mississippi Minnesota

Block 3	North Dakota John Warner Illinois Washington Colorado Indiana South Dakota Delaware

Block 4	Vermont Oregon Montana Hyman G. Rickover New Jersey Iowa Massachusetts Idaho SSN-800 Utah

Preceded by: Seawolf class Followed by: None

List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy

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