&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Sailors_rehearse_the_commissioning_ceremony_for_USS_Illinois._(29988234814).jpg) Illinois on 27 August 2016
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Illinois |
| Namesake | State of Illinois |
| Awarded | 22 December 2008[1] |
| Builder | Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 2 June 2014[1][2] |
| Launched | 8 August 2015[1] |
| Sponsored by | Michelle Obama[2] |
| Christened | 10 October 2015[3] |
| Acquired | 27 August 2016[4] |
| Commissioned | 29 October 2016[5] |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii[1] |
| Motto | Nemo Magis Fortiter ("None more brave") |
| Status | Active service |
| Badge | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Illinois_SSN_786.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 114.9 meters (377 feet) |
| Beam | 10.3 meters (34 feet) |
| Draft | 9.8 meters (32 feet) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h)[9] |
| Range | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Complement | 134 officers and sailors[9] |
USS Illinois (SSN-786) is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine in the United States Navy. Named for the State of Illinois, she is the third vessel with the name, the previous two being battleships BB-7 and BB-65, which was never completed. She was built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics, the third of their Block III variants which feature a revised bow and technology from the converted sub-class of Ohio guided missile submarines (SSGN).[10] The contract for the build was awarded on 22 December 2008 to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with Electric Boat, and construction commenced with the keel laying ceremony on 2 June 2014, at their yard in Groton, Connecticut. First Lady Michelle Obama served as the ship's sponsor,[11] and christened the boat on 10 October 2015.[3] Illinois was launched on 8 August 2015[1] and completed sea trials on 2 August 2016.[12] She was delivered to the Navy on 27 August 2016 and commissioned in a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London on 29 October 2016.[4][5][13] Then-First Lady Michelle Obama, as the sponsor, attended the ceremony and is considered to be an honorary member of the crew due to her support of military families and her involvement with the Illinois crew and their families.[14]
- ^ a b c d e "Illinois (SSN 786)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b McDermott, Jennifer (2 June 2013). "First lady helps lay keel for new submarine". Navy Times. Associated Press.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Navy sub 'Illinois' christened by Michelle Obama". Chicago Tribune. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b LaGrone, Sam (29 August 2016). "Attack Boat Illinois Delivers Early to Navy". USNI News. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Ragheb, Magdi (9 September 2011), Tsvetkov, Pavel (ed.), "Nuclear Naval Propulsion", Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability, ISBN 978-953-307-474-0
- ^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow". Defense Industry Daily. 21 December 2008.
- ^ "Remarks by the First Lady at the Keel Laying Ceremony for the PCU ILLINOIS". whitehouse.gov (Press release). The White House : Office of the First Lady. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014 – via National Archives.
- ^ "USS Illinois successfully completes alpha sea trials".
- ^ Michelle Obama: 'Beyond proud' at Navy submarine ceremony, NavyTimes.com, 29 October 2016, accessed 31 October 2016