USS West Virginia (SSBN-736)
_commissioning.jpg) West Virginia in their commissioning |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | November 21, 1983 |
| Keel laying | 18th December 1987 |
| Launch | October 14, 1989 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | October 20, 1990 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
16,764 tons surfaced, 18,750 tons submerged |
| length |
170.7 m |
| width |
12.8 m |
| Draft |
11.1 m |
| crew |
15 officers, 140 sailors |
| drive |
An S8G reactor |
| speed |
20+ kn submerged |
| Armament |
24 ICBMs, 4 torpedo tubes |
The USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and belongs Ohio class at. As a Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear , it carries 24 ICBMs .
history
The West Virginia was commissioned in 1983 from General Dynamics and laid down in October 1987 at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton , Connecticut, which is part of GD . After two years construction was completed, SSBN-736 was launched and christened by Mrs. Robert C. Byrd. Another year later, after the final equipment and the shipyard test drives, in October 1990, the West Virginia was taken over into the fleet of the US Navy.
The home port was Kings Bay , Georgia, on the Atlantic coast from the start of the service .
In early 2011, the West Virginia will be overhauled at half-time at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard . Among other things, the reactor core is filled with new nuclear fuel.
Web links
- Images on navsource.org (Engl.)