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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 30, 1999 Laid down: July 12, 2002 Christened: July 31, 2004 Launched: April 9, 2005 Commissioned: September 9, 2006 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut Namesake: State of Texas Ships Motto: DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS! Technical Data: see: INFO > Virginia class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 undocking at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a 3-year maintenance and modernization period - February 20-21, 2024  undocking at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a 3-year maintenance and modernization period - February 20-21, 2024  undocking at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a 3-year maintenance and modernization period - February 20-21, 2024  undocking at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a 3-year maintenance and modernization period - February 20-21, 2024  undocking at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a 3-year maintenance and modernization period - February 20-21, 2024  docking at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine for a scheduled Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) - February 10, 2021  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 1, 2020  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 1, 2020  change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - February 28, 2020  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - February 24, 2020  Gulf of Tadjoura (Djibouti) - November 5, 2019  Ketchikan, Alaska - October 26, 2018  Ketchikan, Alaska - October 26, 2018  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 6, 2017  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 1, 2017  change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - February 2017  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - March 9, 2016  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - March 9, 2016  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - March 9, 2016  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - February 5, 2016  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - February 5, 2016  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - February 5, 2016  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 22, 2015  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 22, 2015  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 22, 2015  approaching Yokosuka, Japan - December 22, 2015  approaching Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - December 22, 2015  departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - July 2015  in drydock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) - June 11, 2012  at Submarine Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF), Beckoning Point, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - April 2012  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - December 2011  Yokosuka, Japan - November 2011  USS Texas alongside USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) - Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011 
 USS Texas alongside USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) - Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  USS Texas alongside USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) - Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  Subic Bay, Philippines - November 2011  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 23, 2011  returning to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 23, 2010  Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - January 2010  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - November 23, 2009  Arctic Ocean, near the North Pole - October 2009  Arctic Ocean, near the North Pole - October 2009  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut for her journey to her new homeport, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 16, 2009  commissioning ceremony - Galveston, Texas - September 9, 2006  Accompanied by Command Master Chief Mark Brooks, center-left, and Commanding Officer John J. Litherland, center-right, First Lady Laura Bush, delivers her remarks and orders the ship to life, as the boats official sponsor, during the commissioning ceremony - Galveston, Texas - September 9, 2006  commissioning ceremony - Galveston, Texas - September 9, 2006  arriving in Galveston, Texas for her upcoming commissioning ceremony - September 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2006  departing Norfolk, Virginia - August 2006  Norfolk, Virginia - August 2006  arriving in Newport News, Virginia after sea trials - May 2006  arriving in Newport News, Virginia after sea trials - May 2006  arriving in Newport News, Virginia after sea trials - May 2006  arriving in Newport News, Virginia after sea trials - May 2006  sea trials - 2006  sea trials - 2006  sea trials - 2006  ballast tank tests at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - September 2005  launching at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - April 9, 2005  launching preparations at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - April 2005  christening ceremony at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - July 31, 2004  christening ceremony at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - July 31, 2004  christening preparations at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - July 17, 2004  at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - July 2004  USS Texas (main) during keel laying ceremony of USS North Carolina (SSN 777) at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - May 22, 2004  pressure hull complete - Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - November 2003  under construction at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - August 2003  The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, addresses the employees of Northrop Grumman Newport News at the Keel authentication ceremony for the newest Virginia Class Submarine, Texas SSN-775. First Lady Laura Bush, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark, were also in attendance (Newport News photo via NNS) - Newport News, Virginia - July 12, 2002  keel authentication ceremony at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - July 12, 2002 |
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USS Texas (SSN 775): Under the command of Captain John Litherland, Texas arrived at Galveston Bay on 4 September 2006 and was escorted into the harbor by Elissa. With a crowd of 10,000 in attendance, Texas was commissioned in Galveston, Texas, and joined the U.S. Atlantic Fleet on 9 September 2006. This commissioning mission is depicted in Season 2, Episode 4 of the Discovery Channel television series, "FutureWeapons." The ship, under the command of Commander Robert Roncska, departed New London Naval Submarine Base at Groton for Pearl Harbor on 16 September 2009. On its way to Pearl Harbor, the sub traveled to the Arctic Ocean and surfaced near the North Pole's ice pack. Due to the thickness of the ice on the West Coast, the sub turned around and completed its westbound transit via the Panama Canal. Texas arrived in her new home port on 23 November 2009. The sub departed Pearl Harbor for her first three-month operational patrol on 19 May 2010. The location of the ship's first deployment was not disclosed by the Navy. Commander Andrew Hertel was relieved as the Commanding Officer on 1 February 2012 and as of May 2012, the submarine underwent a scheduled 20-month-long overhaul. |
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Texas ... is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km2), and with over 30 million residents as of 2023, it is the second-largest state by both area and population. |
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