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US Navy - Attack Submarine

SSN 774 - USS Virginia
 
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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Virginia class (Block I)
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA
 
STATUS:
 Awarded: September 1, 1998
Laid down: August 2, 1999
Launched: August 8, 2003
Commissioned: October 23, 2004
IN SERVICE
  
Homeport: Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut
Namesake: Commonwealth of Virginia
Ships Motto: SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS (thus always to tyrants)
Technical Data: see: INFO > Virginia class Attack Submarine - SSN
 
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arriving at HMNB Clyde,Faslane, Scotland, U.K. - March 2016
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arriving at HMNB Clyde,Faslane, Scotland, U.K. - March 2016

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arriving at HMNB Clyde,Faslane, Scotland, U.K. - March 2016

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returning to Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - July 2014

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - July 2014

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 2014

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departing Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - August 2013

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - August 2013

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returning to Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - August 2012

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returning to Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - June 2012

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May 2012

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arriving Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine for an extended drydock selective restricted availability (EDSRA) - September 2010

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arriving Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine for an extended drydock selective restricted availability (EDSRA) - September 2010

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departing Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - August 2010

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returning to Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - April 2010

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returning to Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - April 2010

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returning to Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - April 2010

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Bay of Naples, Italy - January 2010

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Mediterranean Sea - January 2010

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departing Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for her first scheduled full-length deployment - October 2009

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departing Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for her first scheduled full-length deployment - October 2009

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February 2008

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Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 2007

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USS Virginia (SSN 774), foreground and USS Connecticut (SSN 22) moored at Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 2007

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - October 23, 2004

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - October 23, 2004

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - October 23, 2004

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PCU Virginia (SSN 774) pulls into port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in preparation for her commissioning - October 18, 2004

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PCU Virginia (SSN 774) pulls into port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in preparation for her commissioning - October 18, 2004

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PCU Virginia (SSN 774) pulls into port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in preparation for her commissioning - October 18, 2004

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during trials and tests, off Virginia - August 2004

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during trials and tests, off Virginia - August 2004

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Portsmouth, Virginia - August 2004

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during trials and tests - August 2004

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during trials and tests - August 2004

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during trials and tests - August 2004

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during trials and tests - August 2004

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during trials and tests - August 2004

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sea trials - July 2004

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sea trials - July 2004

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Groton, Connecticut - July 2004

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christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 16, 2003

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Captain David Kern, prospective Commanding Officer (CO) and Lynda Johnson Robb (daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson), the boats sponsor
Groton, Connecticut - August 16, 2003


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at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003

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at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003

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pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Virginia (SSN 774) at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003 (GDEB photo via US Navy)

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pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Virginia (SSN 774) at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003 (GDEB photo via US Navy)

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pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Virginia (SSN 774) at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003 (GDEB photo via US Navy)

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pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Virginia (SSN 774) at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003 (GDEB photo via US Navy)

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pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Virginia (SSN 774) at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - August 2003 (GDEB photo via US Navy)

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under construction at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - April 2003
 
 
USS Virginia (SSN 774):

USS Virginia (SSN-774),  the lead boat of her class and the tenth vessel of the Navy to be named for the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the first US Navy attack submarine to be named after a state, a pattern that is common throughout her class.

The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 2 September 1999. She was launched on 16 August 2003 sponsored by Lynda Johnson Robb, the wife of former Virginia governor and senator Charles Robb, and daughter of President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. She was the first U.S. Navy submarine to be completely designed on a computer. On 10 and 11 March, the prospective submarine shot 12 dummy torpedoes into the Thames River from each of the boat's four tubes.

Virginia was delivered to the Navy on 12 October 2004, the 104th anniversary of the commissioning of Holland, the Navy's second submarine. She was commissioned on 23 October 2004 under the command of David J. Kern. The commissioning ceremony was featured in the 2005 television series "Submarine: Hidden Hunter" on Discovery Channel. This class of submarine is unique in that it features a Photonics Mast Program (PMP) that freed ship designers to place the boat's control room in a lower, less geometrically-constrained space than would be required by a standard, optical tube periscope. It is additionally unique in the U.S. Navy for featuring all-digital ship and ballast control systems that are manned by relatively senior watchstanders and a pressure chamber to deploy SEALs, divers or other special forces units while being submerged.

On 23 November 2005, Virginia completed her first deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. On 12 January 2006, Virginia entered Electric Boat's shipyard for post-shakedown availability, which was expected to last for most of 2006. In April 2010 the submarine returned from a six-month deployment having covered 37,000 miles.

The submarine completed her first 20-month-long overhaul in May 2012.

source: wikipedia
 
 
 
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