USS Connecticut (SSN-22)

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

USS Connecticut departing Puget Sound, 2016
History
United States
NameUSS Connecticut
NamesakeThe U.S. State of Connecticut
Ordered3 May 1991
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down14 September 1992
Launched1 September 1997
Commissioned11 December 1998
HomeportKitsap Naval Base, Bremerton, Washington
Motto"Arsenal of the Nation"
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Class and typeSeawolf-class submarine
Displacement7,568 tons light, 9,137 tons full, 1,569 tons dead
Length107.5 meters (353 feet) overall, 107.5 meters (353 feet) waterline
Beam12.1 meters (40 feet)
Draft10.9 meters (36 feet)
Propulsion
  • 1 S6W PWR 220 MW (300,000 hp), HEU 93.5%[1][2]
  • 1 secondary propulsion submerged motor
  • 2 steam turbines 57,000 shp (43 MW) [2][3]
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 pump-jet propeller
Complement15 officers, 101 men
Armament8 × 26.5 inch torpedo tubes, sleeved for 21 inch weapons[4] (up to 50 Tomahawk land attack missile/Harpoon anti-ship missile/Mk 48 guided torpedo carried in torpedo room)[5]

USS Connecticut (SSN-22) is a Seawolf-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine operated by the United States Navy. Connecticut is the fifth active United States Ship to be named for the U.S. state of Connecticut, going back to 1776. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 3 May 1991 and her keel was laid down on 14 September 1992. She was launched on 1 September 1997, sponsored by Patricia L. Rowland, wife of the Governor of Connecticut, John G. Rowland, and commissioned on 11 December 1998.

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