USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)
Lead boat of Virginia class USS Virginia (SSN 774) returns to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard following the successful completion of its "alpha" sea trials in 2004.
Lead boat of Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN 774)
Career (USA)
Name: USS Hyman G. Rickover
Namesake: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
Ordered: [1]
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: [1]
Launched: [1]
Sponsored by: Darlene Greenert
Commissioned: [1]
Homeport: Groton, Connecticut[2]
Identification: Hull symbol:SNN-795
Status: authorized for constrction[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:Virginia-class submarine
Displacement:7,800 tons
Length:377 ft (115 m)[1]
Beam:34 ft (10.4 m)[1]
Draft:32 ft (9.8 m)[1]
Propulsion:S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine
Speed:25 knots (46 km/h)
Test depth:greater than 800 ft (244 m)
Complement:134 officers and men
Armament:12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), will be a Virginia-class submarine, the second ship of the United States Navy commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear Navy.[3] It is only the second of the Virginia-class submarines not to be named after a US State. The ship's sponsor is Darlene Greenert,[4] wife of US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Jonathan Greenert. Both the boat's name and her sponsor were announced by the Secretary of the Navy at a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on January 9, 2015.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Naval Vessel Register". Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ US Navy homeport
  3. ↑ LaGrone, Sam (9 January 2015). "Navy Names Attack Boat After Rickover". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Naval Reactors celebrates the 60th anniversary of the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) first signaling "underway on nuclear power."". 9 January 2015.