USS Texas (SSN-775)

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

USS Texas (SSN-775)
USS Texas in Yokosuka, Japan, in February 2015
History
United States
NameUSS Texas
NamesakeState of Texas
Awarded30 September 1999
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down12 July 2002[1]
Sponsored byLaura Bush
Christened31 July 2004[1]
Launched9 April 2005[2]
Commissioned9 September 2006[3]
HomeportPearl Harbor, U.S.
Motto"Don't Mess with Texas!"
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeVirginia-class submarine
Displacement7,900 tonnes (7,800 long tons)
Length114.9 m (377 ft)
Beam10.3 m (34 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor[4] 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%[5][6]
  • 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW)
  • 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor[4]
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor[4]
Speedexceeds 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
RangeMeasured in terms of time (life-of-the-ship; approx. 33 years) [1]
Complement134
Armament

USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas.

The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 12 July 2002.[1] She was christened on 31 July 2004 by Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States.[7] She was launched into the James River on 9 April 2005, and commissioned as a US Navy warship in Galveston, Texas on 9 September 2006.[2][8]

  1. ^ a b c "Laura Bush Authenticates Keel for the Virginia-Class Submarine Texas (SSN 775) at Northrop Grumman's Newport News Sector" (PDF). Northrop Grumman Corporation. 12 July 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2005.
  2. ^ a b "Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches Virginia-Class Submarine Texas". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference TexasComm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Laura Bush Christens Texas Submarine at Northrop Grumman". Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Uss Texas 775 Commissioning High Resolution Stock Photography and Images". Alamy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.