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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 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.
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]
Vermont was part of a construction contract, worth US$17.6 billion, awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat to build ten Virginia-class submarines, the first of the Block IV type. [5] On 20 October 2018, Vermont was christened with a bottle of Vermont sparkling apple wine during a ceremony held at the Electric Boat facility in Groton ...
Compared to Blocks I-IV of Virginia-class submarines, Block V vessels will incorporate previously introduced modifications to the base design in addition to a Virginia Payload Module (VPM). The VPM inserts a segment into the boat's hull which adds four vertical launch tubes .
The US Navy's Virginia-class submarine program is projected to run $17 billion over budget through 2030. The Navy is expected to build two Virginia subs a year and faces a time crunch with ...
USS Hawaii (SSN-776), a Virginia-class submarine, is the first commissioned warship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state. (A previous large cruiser, or battlecruiser, USS Hawaii (CB-3) was launched, but never commissioned, and was named after the Territory of Hawaii.)
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 ...