USS Indiana (SSN-789)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Indiana.
 An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway. | |
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| Name: | USS Indiana |
| Awarded: | 22 December 2008 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 16 May 2015[1] |
| Status: | under construction |
| 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)[2] |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Test depth: | greater than 800 feet (240 meters)[3] |
| Complement: | 134 officers and men[2] |
USS Indiana (SSN-789), 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 sixth of the Block III subs which will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.[4]
References
- ↑ Navy Lays Keel for PCU Indiana, retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ 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.
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