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USS Silversides (SSN-807)

January 07, 2023

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

USS Silversides (SSN-807) will be a Block 5 Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy and the third United States Navy vessel named for the silversides. It was ordered on 2 December 2019. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite officially announced the name during his visit to the oldest U.S. Navy commissioned ship afloat, USS Constitution, on 15 January 2021.[2]

USS Silversides (SSN-807)
The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
History
United States
NameSilversides
NamesakeSilversides
Ordered2 December 2019[1]
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
IdentificationHull number: SSN-807
StatusOrdered
General characteristics
Class and type Virginia-class submarine
Displacement10,200 tons
Length460 ft (140 m)
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)
Draft32 ft (9.8 m)
PropulsionS9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Endurancecan remain submerged for periods in excess of 3 months
Test depthgreater than 800 ft (244 m)
Complement
  • 15 officers
  • 120 enlisted
Armament40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk

References

  1. ^ "Naval Vessel Register".
  2. ^ "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
 

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