USS Iowa (SSN-797)
US Navy Virginia-class submarine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Iowa.
Iowa (SSN-797), a Virginia-class submarine, will be the fourth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Iowa. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially announced the name on September 2, 2015, during a news briefing at Iowa State University.[5]
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Name | USS Iowa |
Namesake | State of Iowa |
Ordered | 28 April 2014[1] |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
Laid down | 20 August 2019[2] |
Sponsored by | Christie Vilsack |
Christened | 17 June 2023[3] |
Identification | Hull number: SSN-797 |
Motto | "Our Liberties We Prize, Our Rights We Will Maintain" [4] |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
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; 29 mph) |
Endurance | can remain submerged for up to 3 months |
Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
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