USS Utah (SSN-801)
Appearance
The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
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History | |
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Name | USS Utah |
Namesake | State of Utah |
Ordered | April 28, 2014[1] |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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) |
Endurance | can remain submerged for up to 3 months |
Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
Complement |
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Armament | 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
Utah (SSN-801), a Template:Sclass-, will be the second U.S. Navy ship named for the state of Utah. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on September 28, 2015, at a ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]
The Navy specifically selected boat number "801", even jumping over some other as-yet-unnamed boats, as the telephone area code for Utah's capital, Salt Lake City, is 801.[3]