US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro confirmed earlier this week that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 811 will be named USS Miami after the city of Miami, Florida. SSN 811 will be the fourth US Navy vessel and the second submarine to be named after the city. As with...
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Attack submarine New Jersey delivered to US Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Jersey to the US Navy. The submarine is the eleventh Virginia-class boat delivered by NNS, and the 23rd built as part of the teaming agreement with General Dynamics...
HII Delivers Attack Boat New Jersey to Navy
HII Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered the 23rd Vrginia-class nuclear attack submarine to the U.S. Navy, the company announced in a Thursday statement.
New Jersey (SSN-796) is the fifth Block IV Virginia attack boat and the first designed from the keel up to accommodate mixed gender crews. The boat completed sea trials earlier this year off the coast of Virginia.
“It is a proud day for our entire team when we deliver a high-quality...
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US Navy christens attack submarine Idaho
The US Navy and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) formally named the future nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Idaho in a ceremony at GDEB’s facilities in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday, March 16. The submarine will be the 26th in the Virginia-class as well as the fifth US Navy ship to be...
Newport News Shipbuilding delivers first Columbia-class stern
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the stern of the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine stern to General Dynamics Electric Boat. Transported on GD Electric Boat’s Bollinger-built 400-foot-long ocean transport barge Holland to its facility in Quonset Point, R.I., the first Columbia-class stern delivery marked a significant milestone in the Columbia class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program.
The first Columbia-class...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 19 – New US Navy submarine, Russian border guard boat sea trials and more
The US Navy commissions a new submarine into service as the US Coast Guard and the Royal Australian Navy take delivery of new patrol vessels and a Russian border guard boat completes another series of sea trials. US Navy commissions attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover The US Navy commissioned the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine […]
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 31 – Thai customs vessel, Hellenic Coast Guard boat orders and more
Thailand’s Customs Department welcomes a new vessel to its fleet while construction is underway on a future US Navy submarine. Newbuilding orders include patrol and tender boats for the Hellenic Coast Guard and a new class of indigenously constructed support ships for the Indian Navy. New patrol boat delivered to Thai customs agency Thai shipbuilder […]
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Submarine Supply Chain Largest Barrier to Improving Virginia Attack Sub Schedule, Says Boykin
Newport News Shipbuilding president Jennifer Boykin speaks at the christening of attack submarines Massachusettes on May 7, 2023. HII Photo
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Availability of parts, not people, is the largest barrier right now to catch up with the delays in constructing Virginia-class nuclear attack boats, company officials at submarine builder Newport News Shipbuilding told USNI News.
Based on the latest estimates from the Navy, Newport News and Electric Boat, industry is delivering 1.2...
REMINISCENCES | Asherah, a two-man submarine named for a Phoenician goddess
This all started in 1959 when a twenty-six-year-old who was studying for his PhD in archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania was asked if he would like to direct the ..
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 15 – Patrol boats for Mozambique and Ivory Coast, Singapore’s future submarines and more
Deliveries include patrol boats for an Ivory Coast marine police force and the Mozambican Navy. Some notable vessels that are under construction are two submarines for ..