Naval Reactors: Virginia-class Will Extend to Block VIII ... - USNI News
5 days ago · ARLINGTON, Va. – The Virginia-class attack submarine program will extend to an eighth block before the Navy transitions to the next generation of attack submarines, the director of Naval Reactors said Wednesday.
A Norwegian fisherman accidentally caught a US submarine in his …
5 days ago · The USS Virginia's propellers got tangled in the nets, reports say, dragging them out to sea. The US Navy has sent several vessels into nearby waters in recent months amid tensions with Russia.
Navy Awards $1.3B Long-Lead Contract for Virginia Block VI ... - USNI News
Aug 6, 2024 · The Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat $1.3 billion for long lead materials for the first Block VI Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines ahead of an expected multi-year contract between the submarine yard and the service for the class.
U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class Submarines To Get 76% More ... - Naval News
Jul 15, 2021 · The U.S. Navy is planning to build between 72 to 78 new attack submarines. Ten of these will be the Virginia Block V boats, 8 of which will be up-armed as described here.
US Navy will name a future submarine for ... - Associated Press News
Oct 23, 2024 · The Navy has recently been naming new submarines in its Virginia class for cities, including Baltimore, San Francisco and Miami. It would be the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for Georgia’s largest city.
USS Virginia (SSN 774) Returns from Deployment
Jul 29, 2016 · The first in the Virginia class of nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarines, USS Virginia (SSN 774) returned to its homeport at Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) from a regularly...
News - USS Virginia holds change-of-command ceremony - DVIDS
Apr 5, 2024 · GROTON, Connecticut – Cmdr. Jess B. Feldon turned over command of the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774) to Cmdr. Mike Hartzell in a traditional change-of-command ...
Virginia Payload Module to Give Subs More Firepower
Apr 10, 2023 · The module is 84 feet long — bringing the total length of the Virginia-class subs up from 377 feet to 461 feet, the Navy file said — and can store and launch “payloads with diameters larger than the 21-inch diameter of a torpedo or Tomahawk missile,” a December Congressional Research Service report on Virginia-class sub procurement said.
US Navy names newest Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine
Oct 24, 2024 · Secretary of the US Navy Carlos Del Toro has revealed that the future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 813 will be named USS Atlanta.
U.S. Navy Launches 26th Virginia-class Attack Submarine
Aug 14, 2024 · Home » News » U.S. Navy Launches 26th Virginia-class Attack Submarine. One of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarines, the future USS IDAHO (SSN 799), launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard into the Thames River, Aug. 6.
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