Ident-ships
USS Virginia
Call sign :
Class :
Attack submarine Virginia
Country :
The United States of America
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History
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Builder :
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Keel laid :
2 September 1999
Launched :
16 August 2003
Program cost, US$29 billion
Unit cost, US$6 billion
Commissioned :
23 October 2004
Specifications
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Displacement :7,800
tons
Length :377Â ft (115Â m)
Width :34Â ft (10.4Â m)
Draft:32Â ft (9.8Â m)
Propulsion :1 ×
S9G
PWR
nuclear reactor
280,000
shp
(210Â MW),
HEU
93%
2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW)
1 × single shaft
pump-jet
propulsor
1 × secondary propulsion motor
Speed :25 knots (46 km/h)
Range :
Crew :134 officers and enlisted personnel
Military equipment
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Sensors :
Weapon systems :
Electronic warfare and decoys :
Armament :12
VLS tubes
, four 21Â inch (530Â mm)
torpedo tubes
for
Mk-48 torpedoes
and
BGM-109 Tomahawk
Embarked aviation :