USS Mississippi (SSN-782) is a Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the state of Mississippi. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003. Mississippi's keel was laid down on 9 June 2010.[7] Mississippi was christened on 3 December 2011 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. Allison Stiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is the ship's sponsor. The submarine was commissioned at a ceremony on 2 June 2012 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[8][9][10][11] SSN-782 was delivered 12 months ahead of schedule and $60 million below planned cost.[12]
_arrives_at_Pearl_Harbor_in_November_2014.JPG) Mississippi arrives at Pearl Harbor, 25 November 2014.
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| Name | USS Mississippi |
| Namesake | State of Mississippi |
| Awarded | 14 August 2003 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Cost | $2.6 billion |
| Laid down | 9 June 2010 |
| Sponsored by | Allison Stiller |
| Christened | 3 December 2011 |
| Commissioned | 2 June 2012 in Pascagoula, MS |
| Homeport | Naval Station Pearl Harbor[1] |
| Motto | Latin "Virtute Et Armis" English "By Valor and Arms" |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement | 7800 tons light, 7800 tons full |
| Length | 114.9 meters (377 feet) |
| Beam | 10.3 meters (34 feet) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 25+ knots (46 km/h)[5] |
| Range | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Test depth | 800+ feet (250 meters)[6] |
| Complement | 132 officers and men[5] |
On 25 November 2014, Mississippi arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the ship is permanently assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 of the United States Pacific Fleet.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Hanabusa, Navy Announce Additional Ships at Pearl Harbor". 14 January 2014.
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ Moore, Mark (9 June 2010). "Mississippi Reaches Another Milestone, Celebrates Keel Laying". United States Navy. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ Associated Press, "Mississippi to be christened December 3rd, 2011[permanent dead link]", 26 November 2011.
- ^ The Day, "Mississippi christened at Electric Boat", 3 December 2011.
- ^ Newsday, "Navy christens submarine Mississippi in Groton, 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ahead of Schedule, Below Cost – Electric Boat Delivers Submarine Mississippi" (PDF). EB News. General Dynamics Electric Boat. May–June 2012. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Khor, Steven. "USS Mississippi Welcomed as Newest Member of Pacific Submarine Force". United States Navy. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
External links
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.- Mohl, Michael (2010). "Mississippi (SSN-782)". Submarine Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
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