USS_Delaware_(SSN-791)

USS <i>Delaware</i> (SSN-791)

USS Delaware (SSN-791)

US Navy Virginia-class submarine

For other ships with the same name, see USS Delaware.

USS Delaware (SSN-791) is a Virginia-class attack submarine built for the United States Navy. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This boat is the eighth and final of the Block III submarines that feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.[11] Construction on Delaware began in September 2013.[12] She was christened on 20 October 2018.[3] She was commissioned administratively after the standard commissioning ceremony was cancelled due to public health concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.[5] Delaware was the first ever US ship commissioned while underwater.[13] The official commissioning ceremony occurred 2 April 2022 at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware.

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Design

USS Delaware is 377 feet (115 m) long, 33 feet (10 m) wide, has a maximum draft of 32 feet (9.8 m) and displaces 7,800 tonnes (7,700 long tons; 8,600 short tons). She is propelled by nuclear power, has a single semi-pump jet style propulsor unit and a complement of 15 officers and 117 enlisted crew members.[14]

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    "Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow". Retrieved 20 May 2008.
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    "Navy Silently Commissions Nuclear Attack Boats USS Vermont, USS Delaware - USNI News". 20 April 2020.
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    "Naval Vessel Register - DELAWARE (SSN 791)". www.nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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