USS Utah (SSN-801)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Utah.
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| Name: | USS Utah |
| Namesake: | State of Utah |
| Ordered: | April 28, 2014[1] |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| 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) |
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| Armament: | 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
Utah (SSN-801), a Virginia-class submarine, will be the second U.S. Navy ship named for the state of Utah. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on September 28, 2015, at a ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]
The Navy specifically selected boat number "801", even jumping over some other as-yet-unnamed boats, as the telephone area code for Utah's capital, Salt Lake City, is 801.[3]
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