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US Navy - Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN 736 - USS West Virginia |
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Type,
class: Ballistic Missile Submarine, nuclear
propulsion - SSBN; Ohio class Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: November 21, 1983 Laid down: December 24, 1987 Launched: October 14, 1989 Commissioned: October 20, 1990 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia Namesake: State of West Virginia Ships Motto: MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI (Mountaineers are Always Free) Technical Data: see: INFO > Ohio class Ballistic Missile Submarine - SSBN |
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 returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 2022  Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory - October 30, 2022  Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory - October 25, 2022  Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory - October 25, 2022  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 10, 2022  UGM-133A Trident II D5 Life Extension (D5LE) SLBM missile launch - Atlantic Ocean - February 9, 2021  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 24, 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 24, 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 24, 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 24, 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 18, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 18, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 18, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 18, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - November 20, 2014  UGM-133A Trident II D5 SLBM missile launch - Atlantic Ocean - June 2, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - February 7, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - February 7, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - February 7, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - February 7, 2014  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - February 7, 2014  departing from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia after a 31-month Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) - October 24, 2013  departing from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia after a 31-month Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) - October 24, 2013  departing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - January 11, 2011  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 16, 2010  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - December 16, 2010  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - June 30, 2009  returning to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - June 30, 2009  magnetic silencing facility, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - November 1994  magnetic silencing facility, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - November 1994  Port Canaveral, Florida - May 1994  Port Canaveral, Florida - May 1994  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - September 1991  UGM-133A Trident II D5 SLBM missile launch - Atlantic Ocean, off Florida - April 1991  UGM-133A Trident II D5 SLBM missile launch - Atlantic Ocean, off Florida - November 1990  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 20, 1990  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 20, 1990  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 20, 1990  commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - October 20, 1990 |
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USS West Virginia (SSBN 736): The contract to build West Virginia was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 21 November 1983 and her keel was laid down there on 24 December 1987. She was launched at Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut on 14 October 1989, sponsored by Mrs. Erma Byrd, wife of United States Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, and commissioned on 20 October 1990, in the dry-dock of the Kings Bay Georgia Submarine Base, with Captain J. R. Harvey in command of the Blue Crew and Captain Donald McDermott in command of the Gold Crew. On 29 December 2008, Captain Daniel Mack, commander of Submarine Squadron 16/20, relieved West Virginia's commanding officer, Commander Charles "Tony" Hill, of command "due to a loss of confidence" in Hill's ability to command. Captain Stephen Gillespie was assigned as West Virginia's temporary commanding officer. In September 2010 the approximate 300 Sailors assigned to the two crews that alternate patrols on West Virginia merged into one crew of about 110 sailors during the overhaul and refueling, which was done at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia, beginning in early 2011. Commander Adam D. Palmer relieved Commander Steven K. Hall as commanding officer of West Virginia during a change of command ceremony 9 September at Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. Commander Joseph W. Coleman relieved Commander Palmer during a change of command ceremony 25 November 2014 at St. Mary's Waterfront in St. Mary's, Georgia. On 24 October 2013, West Virginia departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard after a thirty-month refuel and overhaul. On 3 November 2013 she returned to her homeport of Kings Bay, Georgia. On 25 October 2022, West Virginia became the first SSBN to dock at remote British territory island of Diego Garcia. source: wikipedia |
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West Virginia ... is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Mountainous, it is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. |
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