USS Washington (SSN-787)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Washington.

USS Washington (SSN-787)
Washington in October 2017
History
United States
NameUSS Washington
NamesakeState of Washington
Awarded22 December 2008
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding
Laid down22 November 2014[1]
Launched13 April 2016
Sponsored byElisabeth Mabus[2]
Christened5 March 2016[3]
Acquired26 May 2017[4]
Commissioned7 October 2017[2]
HomeportNaval Station Norfolk
Motto"Preserving Peace, Prepared for War"
StatusActive, In Commission
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeVirginia-class submarine
Displacement7800 tons light, 7800 tons full
Length114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor[5] 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%[6][7]
  • 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW)
  • 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor[5]
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor[5]
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)[8]
RangeEssentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depthgreater than 800 feet (240 meters)[9]
Complement134 officers and men[8]

USS Washington (SSN-787) is a Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarine of the United States Navy. Launched in 2016 and commissioned in 2017, she is named for the U.S. state of Washington.

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  2. ^ a b "USS Washington Brought to Life, Commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk" (Press release). United States Navy. 7 October 2017. NNS171007-05. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Newport News Shipbuilding Christens 14th Virginia-Class Submarine, Washington (SSN 787)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Huntington Ingalls Industries Delivers Virginia-Class Submarine Washington to Navy" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b "The US Navy – Fact File". Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
  9. ^ Pike, John. "SSN-774 Virginia-class NSSN New Attack Submarine".