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On 28 July 2016, it was reported that the first submarine of the class will be named Columbia, to commemorate the District of Columbia, the capital of the United States. [28] The Columbia class was officially designated on 14 December 2016 by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, and the lead submarine will be USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826). [29]
Alongside her sisterships, she will replace the ageing Ohio-class SSBN as part of the American nuclear triad. Groton was named after Groton, Connecticut , nicknamed the "submarine capital of the world" due to it hosting Naval Submarine Base New London and historically serving as a center of US submarine development.
USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) will be the lead boat of the United States Navy's Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the Navy's first vessel to be named for the District of Columbia. On 25 July 2016, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that the new submarine would be named USS Columbia. [ 2 ]
Unique submarine; liquid metal cooled S2G reactor (replaced with a pressurized-water reactor in 1959) Skate: 4 USS Skate (SSN-578) 21 July 1955 USS Seadragon (SSN-584) 5 December 1959 Skipjack: 6 USS Skipjack (SSN-585) 29 May 1956 USS Snook (SSN-592) 24 October 1961 First nuclear submarine class with teardrop hull form.
Jun. 5—NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Electric Boat held a keel-laying ceremony Saturday morning to mark the beginning of construction for the submarine District of Columbia (SSBN 826), the first of ...
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