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Type, class: Attack
Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Virginia class (Block I) Builder: Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA STATUS: Awarded: September 1, 1998 Laid down: May 22, 2004 Launched: May 5, 2007 Commissioned: May 3, 2008 IN SERVICE Homeport: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Namesake: State of North Carolina Ships Motto: PRIMUS IN PROELIO (first in fight) Technical Data: see: INFO > Virginia class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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USS North Carolina (SSN 777): The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company) in Newport News, Virginia on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 22 May 2004. She was christened on 21 April 2007 sponsored by Linda Bowman, wife of Admiral Frank L. "Skip" Bowman, the former director of Naval Reactors. Captain Mark E. Davis, a native of upstate New York, was the ship’s first commanding officer and leads a crew of approximately 134 officers and enlisted personnel. The boat has physical connections to previous North Carolinas. Sections of the teak decking from the previous North Carolina are reused within the submarine, and several pieces from a silver serving set made for the armored cruiser ACR-12, then transferred through the state governor to the battleship will be used aboard SSN-777. North Carolina joined the fleet on 21 February 2008, after problems with the boat's steam valve and internal piping system had forced two delays in the acceptance of the vessel. Welding issues in the internal piping system scuttled a first-planned December 2007 delivery, and the discovery of an inadequate steam valve forced a further delay from January to February 2008. The ship's official commissioning ceremony was held on 3 May 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina. The submarine joined the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet based in New London, Connecticut. In 2010, North Carolina changed homeports from Naval Submarine Base New London to Naval Station Pearl Harbor. She left Groton for Pearl Harbor on 22 July 2010 and arrived at her new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, on Monday, 15 November 2010 after her four-month transfer activities. During the transfer, the officers and crew of North Carolina conducted a series of exercises designed to test the boat's new combat systems and stealth capabilities. North Carolina is the third Virginia-class attack submarine to be homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and is assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 1. Received squadron 1 battle E for year 2015. source: wikipedia |
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