List of Virginia-class submarines
The Virginia- class submarine list includes all Virginia- class units of the United States Navy . This class is nuclear powered hunting submarines (SSN). With 13 submarines put into service (Nov. 2016) and further orders, it is expected to form the backbone of the US hunting submarine fleet by the middle of the 21st century .
Predecessors to the Virginia class are the Los Angeles class and the Seawolf class .
construction
Flight I The first four boats (SSN-774 to SSN-777) were ordered in September 1998. A year later became the USS Virginia on down Kiel . It entered service five years later.
Flight II (SSN-778 to SSN-783) On this flight the construction was mainly organized differently (four fuselage sections instead of ten), which saves costs and shortens the construction time. The construction time of the New Hampshire (SSN-778) was a quarter shorter than that of the Virginia (SSN-774)
Flight III (SSN-784 through SSN-791) These improvements include: B. the removal of the twelve vertical launch tubes by two revolver magazines with six launch tubes each. These magazines are a modified version of the devices used on Ohio-class boats that have been converted to SSGN . This measure is intended to reduce the acquisition and maintenance costs. The first submarine of this flight was laid down in May 2012. A new sonar system will also be installed from this flight.
Flight IV (SSN-792 to SSN-801) Here, the number of necessary shipyard visits is reduced from four to three during the service life.
Flight V (SSN-802 to SSN-805) The Virginia Payload Module is expected to be used in this construction lot, which will improve the capability for land attacks.
The Virginia- class submarines are built at two different shipyards: Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding each manufacture components for the submarines, which are alternately assembled at the two shipyards.
| Name of the shipyard | number |
|---|---|
| Electric Boat | 16 |
| Newport News Shipbuilding | 12 |
From SSN-778 all units were delivered early.
Eight submarines are currently under construction, and another seven units have been approved. The Navy wants to order at least 30 ships of this class.
Stationings
13 submarines are stationed in three different ports . An overview is shown in the following table:
| home port | number |
|---|---|
| Pearl Harbor | 4th |
| Groton | 8th |
| Norfolk | 1 |
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Home ports |
Legend
- Name and ID
- In this column, the name (eg. As "USS Virginia") , and the identifier called (SSN-774) called.
- Keel laying and shipyard
- When the keel is laid , the year in which the submarine was laid is given. The letters below indicate the respective shipyard . “NNS” stands for Newport News Shipbuilding and “EB” for Electric Boat .
- Launch
- The exact date on which the ship was launched is given here .
- Commissioning
- This column gives the exact date when the submarine was put into service.
- image
- A picture of the submarine can always be seen here.
- comment
- The Comment column shows other special features of the ship, e.g. which flight it belongs to.
- home port
- The respective home port of the submarine is mentioned here.
list
| Name + ID | Shipyard | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | image | comment | Home port Status: Nov. 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Virginia (SSN-774) | Electric Boat | Sep 2 1999 | Aug 16, 2003 | Oct 23, 2004 |
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Flight I type ship of the class |
Groton |
| USS Texas (SSN-775) | Newport News Shipbuilding | July 12, 2002 | Apr 9, 2005 | Sep 9 2006 |
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Flight I | Pearl Harbor |
| USS Hawaii (SSN-776) | Electric Boat | Aug 27, 2004 | May 17, 2006 | May 5, 2007 |
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Flight I | Pearl Harbor |
| USS North Carolina (SSN-777) | Newport News Shipbuilding | May 22, 2004 | May 5, 2007 | May 3, 2008 |
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Flight I had problems with welds |
Pearl Harbor |
| USS New Hampshire (SSN-778) | Electric Boat | 2007 | Feb 21, 2008 | Oct 25, 2008 |
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Flight II was delivered 8 months ahead of schedule. |
Groton |
| USS New Mexico (SSN-779) | Electric Boat | 2008 | Jan. 17, 2009 | March 27, 2010 |
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Flight II | Groton |
| USS Missouri (SSN-780) | Electric Boat | 2008 | Nov 20, 2009 | July 31, 2010 |
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Flight II | Groton |
| USS California (SSN-781) | Newport News Shipbuilding | 2009 | Nov 13, 2010 | Oct 29, 2011 |
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Flight II | Groton |
| USS Mississippi (SSN-782) | Electric Boat | 2010 | 13 Sep 2011 | June 2, 2012 |
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Flight II | Pearl Harbor |
| USS Minnesota (SSN-783) | Newport News Shipbuilding | 2011 | Nov 3, 2012 | Sep 7 2013 |
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Flight II was delivered 11 months ahead of schedule. |
Groton |
| USS North Dakota (SSN-784) | Electric Boat | 2012 | 29 Aug 2013 | Oct 25, 2014 |
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Flight III | Groton |
| USS John Warner (SSN-785) | Newport News Shipbuilding | 2013 | 6 Sep 2014 | Aug 1, 2015 |
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Flight III | Norfolk |
| USS Illinois (SSN-786) | Electric Boat | 2014 | 8 Sep 2015 | Oct 29, 2016 |
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Flight III | Groton |
| USS Washington (SSN-787) | Newport News Shipbuilding | 2014 | March 25, 2016 | Oct 7, 2017 |
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Flight III |
Norfolk |
| USS Colorado (SSN-788) | Electric Boat | 2015 | Dec 29, 2016 | 17th March 2018 |
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Flight III |
Groton |
| USS Indiana (SSN-789) | Newport News Shipbuilding | 2015 | June 9, 2017 | 29th July 2018 |
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Flight III |
Groton |
| USS South Dakota (SSN-790) | Electric Boat | 2016 | Oct 14, 2017 | Feb. 2, 2019 |
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Flight III |
Groton |
| USS Delaware (SSN-791) | Newport News Shipbuilding | 2016 | Oct 20, 2018 | April 4, 2020 | Flight III |
Groton | |
| USS Vermont (SSN-792) | Electric Boat | 2017 | Oct 20, 2018 | Apr 18, 2020 | Flight IV |
Groton | |
| USS Oregon (SSN-793) | Electric Boat | June 8, 2017 | Flight IV Under construction |
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| USS Montana (SSN-794) | Newport News Shipbuilding | May 16, 2018 | Flight IV Under construction |
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| USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) | Electric Boat | May 11, 2018 | Flight IV Under construction |
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| USS New Jersey (SSN-796) | Newport News Shipbuilding | March 25, 2019 | Flight IV Under construction |
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| USS Iowa (SSN-797) | Electric Boat | 20 Aug 2019 | Flight IV Under construction |
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| USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) | Newport News Shipbuilding | Flight IV Approved |
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| USS Idaho (SSN-799) | Electric Boat | Flight IV Approved |
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| USS Arkansas (SSN-800) | Newport News Shipbuilding | Flight IV Approved |
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| USS Utah (SSN-801) | Electric Boat | Flight IV Approved |
Web links
literature
- Sebastian Bruns: World Sea Power and Maritime Security: Selected Strategies, Capacities and Challenges of the United States of America . In: Sebastian Bruns, Kerstin Petretto, David Petrovic: Maritime Security . VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-531-18479-1 , pp. 165-182.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Early delivery. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 3, 2012 ; Retrieved June 4, 2012 . (engl.)
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-774). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-775). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-776). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 29, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-777). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Faulty welds spur inspection of 7 ships. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 5, 2012 ; Retrieved June 2, 2013 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-778). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Early delivery. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 3, 2012 ; Retrieved June 2, 2012 . (engl.)
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-779). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 29, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-780). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 13, 2010 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-781). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 2, 2012 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-782). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 2, 2012 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-783). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 5, 2015 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-784). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-785). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-786). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 15, 2015 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-787). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 9, 2012 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ↑ L'US Navy prend livraison de son 14ème Virginia. May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-788). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 10, 2015 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-789). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 27, 2012 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Mise à l'eau du 16ème SNA du type Virginia. June 14, 2017, accessed June 15, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Photo Release - Huntington Ingalls Industries Launches Virginia-Class Submarine Indiana (SSN 789). June 9, 2017, accessed June 15, 2017 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-790). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 26, 2012 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-791). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 26, 2012 ; Retrieved April 15, 2014 .
- ^ Homepage of the USS Delaware Commissioning
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-792). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on August 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Naval Vessel Register - USS VERMONT (SSN 792). Accessed July 30, 2020 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-793). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on August 1, 2015 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-794). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on August 1, 2015 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-795). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on August 1, 2015 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-796). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 ; accessed on August 1, 2015 .
- ^ Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (SSN-800). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 28, 2016 ; accessed on June 28, 2016 .