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USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia-class nuclear powered fast-attack submarine of the United States Navy. She is the second U.S. warship named for the 47th state, after the early twentieth century super-dreadnought, USS New Mexico. New Mexico is the sixth vessel of her class, which is intended to replace the older Los Angeles-class. [8]
One ship and one submarine of the United States Navy have been named USS New Mexico in honor of the state of New Mexico. USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, commissioned in 1918 and struck in 1947. USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia-class submarine, commissioned in 2010.
USS New Mexico (BB-40), c. 1935, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On 30 June 1914, New Mexico was authorized by the United States Congress. Initially, New Mexico was to have been named California, but she was renamed while under construction. [2] Work on the new ship began on 14 October 1915, with her keel laying at the New York Navy Yard.
🚢⚓ USS New Jersey (SSN 796) is now commissioned and ready for service! The Navy's latest Virginia-class submarine joins the fleet. Watch the video to learn more about the Navy's newest sub.
New Jersey's Sandy Hook Bay witnessed the commissioning of the most complex warfare machine ever built in the country — the USS New Jersey, now dubbed as the fastest submarine in the U.S. fleet ...
Commissioned Decommissioned Fate USS New Mexico (BB-40) 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3) 13.5 in Belt / 3.5 in Deck 32,000 4 × steam turbines 4 × screw propellers: 14 October 1915 13 April 1917 20 May 1918 19 July 1946 Struck 25 February 1947; Broken up at Newark, 1947 USS Mississippi (BB-41) 5 April 1915 25 January 1917 18 December 1917
A Saturday ceremony in Sandy Hook Bay welcomed the new USS New Jersey into the U.S. fleet. The first submarine designed to fully integrate male and female sailors, the new ship was commissioned ...
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...