USS Tang (SSN-805)
_returns_to_the_General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat_shipyard.jpg) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
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| Name | USS Tang |
| Namesake | USS Tang (SS-306) |
| Ordered | 2 December 2019[1] |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Status | Ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement | 10,200 tons |
| Length | 460 ft (140 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) |
| Endurance | can remain submerged for periods in excess of 3 months |
| Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
USS Tang (SSN-805) will be a nuclear-powered, Virginia-class attack submarine in the United States Navy. She will also be third United States Navy vessel with the name tang, a large family of tropical fish. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced in a 17 November 2020 press release that the submarine will be named USS Tang, in honor of a storied WWII submarine. This is the second of four new classmates named in honor of WWII submarines with very successful combat records.[2] Ordered on 2 December 2019, she is the fourth of the Block V boats, the first boats of the class to include the Virginia Payload Module.
References
- ^ "Naval Vessel Register".
- ^ "SECNAV Names Two Future Virginia-class Submarines Tang, Wahoo" (Press release). United States Navy. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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