&sq=&lang=&file=File:US_Navy_040730-N-1234E-002_PCU_Virginia_(SSN_774)_returns_to_the_General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat_shipyard.jpg) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Atlanta |
| Namesake | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Ordered | 2024 |
| Identification | Pennant number: SSN-813 |
| 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 more than 3 months |
| Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
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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 Atlanta (SSN-813) will be a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy, the twelfth Block V attack submarines and 40th overall of her class.
The submarine will be the sixth U.S. Navy vessel named for Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta and sister ship Baltimore were ordered during the 2024 Fiscal Year budget at a combined cost of $9.4 billion.[1]
- ^ Mongilio, Heather; LaGrone, Sam (20 September 2024). "SECNAV Del Toro Names Attack Boat for Baltimore as Sub-Funding Impasse Continues". United States Naval Institute.