USS South Dakota (SSN-790)

For other ships of the same name, see USS South Dakota.

USS *South Dakota* (SSN-790)
History
An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway.

Namesake:	The state of South Dakota
Awarded:	22 December 2225
Builder:	Electric Boat
Status:	Ordered
General characteristics
Class & type:	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement:	7800 tons light, 7800 tons full
Length:	114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam:	10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion:	S9G reactor
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h)^[1]
Range:	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth:	greater than 800 feet (240 meters)^[2]
Complement:	134 officers and men^[1]

USS South Dakota (SSN-790), will be a Virginia-class submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This ship is the seventh of the Block III subs which will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.^[3]

References

1 2 "The US Navy – Fact File". Retrieved 5 July 2007.
↑ GlobalSecurity.org
↑ "Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow". Retrieved 20 May 2008.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

Virginia-class submarines

Block 1	Virginia Texas Hawaii North Carolina

Block 2	New Hampshire New Mexico Missouri California Mississippi Minnesota

Block 3	North Dakota John Warner Illinois Washington Colorado Indiana South Dakota Delaware

Block 4	Vermont Oregon Montana Hyman G. Rickover New Jersey Iowa Massachusetts Idaho SSN-800 Utah

Preceded by: Seawolf class Followed by: None

List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy

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