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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 ]
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 the USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826 ...
USS T-1, later USS Mackerel (SST-1) 1 April 1952 USS T-2, later USS Marlin (SST-2) 20 November 1953 Training and experimental submarines Sailfish: 2 USS Sailfish (SSR-572) 8 December 1953 USS Salmon (SSR-573) 25 August 1956 Radar picket: Triton: 1 29 May 1956 10 November 1959 Unique submarine; Radar picket; Twin S4G Nuclear Reactors Dolphin: 1
Jun. 4—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 ...
USS Columbia (SSN-771) is the 21st flight III, or Improved (688i) Los Angeles-class attack submarine of the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1995, the submarine is assigned to Submarine Squadron 7 and homeported in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .
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Members of Congress, U.S. Navy brass and submarine manufacturing workers on Saturday celebrated the start of construction on the U.S. Navy’s next-generation Columbia-class nuclear ballistic ...
District of Columbia: Lead boat of her class: SSBN-827 Wisconsin: 828-837 Currently unassigned Currently unassigned, but expected to be assigned to subsequent Columbia-class boats SST-1 (AGSS-570) Mackerel: Lead boat of her class of 2 SST-2 Marlin: Museum Ship, Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska X-1 X-1: Unique experimental midget submarine. SM U ...