The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Wahoo |
Namesake | Wahoo |
Ordered | 2 December 2019[1] |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
Status | Ordered |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
Displacement | 10,200 tons |
Length | 460 ft (140 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Propulsion | S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Endurance | can remain submerged for periods in excess of 3 months |
Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
Complement |
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Armament | 40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
USS Wahoo (SSN-806), a Block V Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy, will be the fifth United States Navy vessel named for the USS Wahoo (SS-238). It was ordered on 2 December 2019. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite officially announced the name on 17 November 2020, in a press release.[2]