USS Montana (SSN-794)

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USS Montana (SSN-794)
Lead boat of Virginia class USS Virginia (SSN 774) returns to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard following the successful completion of its "alpha" sea trials in 2004.
Lead boat of Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774)
History
United States
NameUSS Montana
NamesakeState of Montana
Ordered28 April 2014[1]
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down16 May 2018[2]
Launched8 February 2021
Sponsored bySally Jewell
Christened12 September 2020[3]
IdentificationHull symbol:SSN-794
Statusunder construction[1]
General characteristics
Class and type Virginia-class submarine
Displacement7,800 tons
Length377 ft (115 m)[4]
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)[4]
Draft32 ft (9.8 m)[4]
PropulsionS9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Endurancecan remain submerged for up to 3 months
Test depthgreater than 800 ft (244 m)
Complement
  • 15 officers
  • 120 enlisted men
Armament12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk

Montana (SSN-794) is a Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy. She will honor the U.S. State of Montana. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 3 September 2015 at a ceremony hosted in Billings, Montana with U.S. Senator Jon Tester. She will be only the second commissioned warship to bear the name.[5]

A contract modification for USS Oregon (SSN-793), Montana (SSN-794), and USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat for $594.7 million in April 2012. On 23 December 2014, they were awarded an additional $121.8 million contract modification to buy long lead-time material for the three Virginia-class submarines.[6] The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat the contract to construct 10 Block IV Virginia-class submarines for $17.6 billion on 28 April 2014. The tenth boat is scheduled for delivery in 2023.[4]

Construction of Montana began in May 2015 at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Contract completion date was expected to be in May 2020, but this was delayed because of the COVID pandemic.[7][8]

Montana's sponsor and former U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell christened the vessel on 12 September 2020 at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding. Despite the COVID pandemic, the virtual ceremony went well. Montana was rolled out on October 15, 2020 and will be delivered to the Navy by mid-2022.[9] She was launched in February 2021.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Naval Vessel Register".
  2. ^ "Huntington Ingalls Industries Authenticates Keel of Submarine Montana (SSN 794)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Virginia-Class Submarine Montana (SSN 794) Christened during Virtual Ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "SSN 774 Virginia class submarine". bga-aeroweb.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. ^ "US Navy Submarine will be named U.S.S Montana". KXLH News. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. ^ Snider, John (8 January 2015). "Shipbuilding News, January 2014". Professional Mariner. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ^ Riley, John. "Montana flag presented to U.S. Navy for namesake submarine". KTVQ.com. KTVQ. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ^ "The Ship". USS Montana Committee. USS Montana Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ^ KECI Staff (12 September 2020). "Virtual USS Montana submarine christening ceremony held". KECI. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Newport News Shipbuilding Launches Submarine Montana". military.com.

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Further reading[]

  • Christley, Jim. US Nuclear Submarines: The Fast Attack. Oxford: Osprey Pub., 2007. ISBN 1-846-03168-0 OCLC 141383046
  • Clancy, Tom, and John Gresham. Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship. New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, 2002. ISBN 0-425-18300-9 OCLC 48749330


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