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'''''Utah'' (SSN-801)''', a {{sclass-|Virginia|submarine}}, will be the second U.S. Navy ship named for the state of [[Utah]]. [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Ray Mabus]] announced the name on September 28, 2015, at a ceremony in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]].<ref>[http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20150923-utah-ssn.html "Navy Secretary Mabus to Name Virginia-Class Submarine USS Utah" Seapower Magazine, September 23, 2015]</ref> |
'''''Utah'' (SSN-801)''', a {{sclass-|Virginia|submarine}}, will be the second U.S. Navy ship named for the state of [[Utah]]. [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Ray Mabus]] announced the name on September 28, 2015, at a ceremony in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]].<ref>[http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20150923-utah-ssn.html "Navy Secretary Mabus to Name Virginia-Class Submarine USS Utah" Seapower Magazine, September 23, 2015]</ref> |
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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 |
The Navy specifically selected boat number "801" to be named the '''''Utah''''', even jumping over some other as-yet-unnamed boats, as 801 is the telephone area code for Utah's capital, Salt Lake City.<ref>http://www.sltrib.com/home/2983692-155/navy-to-name-new-submarine-uss</ref> |
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_returns_to_the_General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat_shipyard.jpg) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
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| History | |
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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 and type | Template:Sclass- |
| 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 Template:Sclass-, 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" to be named the Utah, even jumping over some other as-yet-unnamed boats, as 801 is the telephone area code for Utah's capital, Salt Lake City.[3]
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