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US Navy Virginia-class submarine
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Iowa
.
USS
Iowa
(SSN-797)
|
History
|
United States
|
Name
| USS
Iowa
|
Namesake
| State
of
Iowa
|
Ordered
| 28 April 2014
[1]
|
Builder
| General Dynamics Electric Boat
,
Groton, Connecticut
|
Laid down
| 20 August 2019
[2]
|
Sponsored by
| Christie Vilsack
|
Christened
| 17 June 2023
[4]
|
Identification
| Hull number
: SSN-797
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Motto
| "Our Liberties We Prize, Our Rights We Will Maintain"
[3]
|
Status
| Under construction
|
General characteristics
|
Class and type
| Virginia
-class submarine
|
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; 29 mph)
|
Endurance
| can remain submerged for up to 3 months
|
Test depth
| greater than 800 ft (244 m)
|
Complement
|
- 15 officers
- 120 enlisted men
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Armament
| |
Iowa
(SSN-797)
, a
Virginia
-class
submarine
, will be the fourth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of
Iowa
.
Secretary of the Navy
Ray Mabus
officially announced the name on September 2, 2015, during a news briefing at
Iowa State University
.
[5]
Construction and career
[
edit
]
Iowa
'
s
keel was laid down
on 20 August 2019 at the Quonset Point Facility of
General Dynamics Electric Boat
in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
[2]
She was
christened
on 17 June 2023 by
Christie Vilsack
, the boat's
sponsor
and former
First lady
of Iowa.
[4]
[6]
References
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