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USS Vermont is the first Block IV Virginia-class submarine. Block IV consists of 10 submarines. [126] The 2013 budget sequestration put this 10-submarine in doubt by budget sequestration that same year. [127] The most costly shipbuilding contract in history, worth $17.6 billion, was awarded on 28 April 2014 to General Dynamics Electric Boat.
USS New Jersey (SSN-796), a Block IV Virginia-class submarine, is the third United States Navy vessel named for the state of New Jersey. The first two New Jerseys were battleships BB-16 and BB-62. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name for the third New Jersey on 25 May 2015, at a ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. [5] [6] [7]
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy and the second such boat commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear navy. [5] The boat's sponsor is Darleen Greenert, wife of then Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert. [6]
SCOTT COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — The pilot of a small plane has died after a crash Wednesday afternoon in the Fort Blackmore area of Scott County. According to the Virginia State Police (VSP), the ...
USS Norfolk (SSN-815) will be a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy, the second Block VI attack submarines and 42nd overall of her class. She will be the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name Norfolk, the name previously belonged to a Los Angeles-class submarine.
A day after the plane flew over the nation's capital, prompting the military to scramble fighter jets, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a brief update that the pilot and three ...
USS Brooklyn (SSN-816) will be a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy, the third Block VI attack submarines and 43rd overall of her class.. The submarine would be the forth U.S. Navy vessel named for Brooklyn, a borough of New York City on Long Island.
A new Virginia-class submarine has been delivered to the U.S. Navy: The future USS New Jersey. The fast-attack submarine was accepted from Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding ...