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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]
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 ]
The Navy's first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, a priority for the Pentagon, isn't expected to arrive until 12 to 16 months after its planned delivery, potentially leaving a hole in ...
First nuclear submarine class with teardrop hull form. USS Scorpion lost at sea 1968. Thresher/Permit: 14 USS Thresher (SSN-593) 28 May 1958 USS Gato (SSN-615) 25 January 1968 First class with bow sonar sphere. Known as Thresher class until the loss of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1963 Tullibee: 1 26 May 1958 9 November 1960
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 ...
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 ...
The W93 is an American nuclear warhead planned to replace the W76 and W88 warheads on United States Navy submarines from 2034. The warhead will be carried on the new Columbia-class submarines [1] and will use a new aeroshell, the Mark 7 reentry body (RB). [2] The warhead will be designed by Los Alamos National Laboratory. [3]
General Dynamics' (GD) Columbia-class submarine is currently positioned to take over the role of submarine presence in the United States' strategic nuclear force. General Dynamics Wins $481M ...