USSMississippi(SSN-782)
 Mississippiarrives at Pearl Harbor, 25 November 2014.
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| History | |
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| Name | USSMississippi |
| Namesake | State ofMississippi |
| 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-classsubmarine |
| 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] |
USSMississippi(SSN-782)is aVirginia-classsubmarineof theUnited States Navy,named for the state ofMississippi.The contract to build her was awarded to theElectric BoatDivision ofGeneral DynamicsCorporation inGroton, Connecticuton 14 August 2003.Mississippi's keel was laid down on 9 June 2010.[7] Mississippiwas 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]
On 25 November 2014,Mississippiarrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam inPearl Harbor,Hawaii, where the ship is permanently assigned toSubmarine Squadron 1of theUnited States Pacific Fleet.[13]
References
[edit]- ^"Hanabusa, Navy Announce Additional Ships at Pearl Harbor".14 January 2014.
- ^abcRagheb, Magdi (9 September 2011), Tsvetkov, Pavel (ed.), "Nuclear Naval Propulsion",Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability,ISBN978-953-307-474-0
- ^"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.Retrieved20 March2022.
- ^"US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel".fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020.Retrieved20 March2022.
- ^GlobalSecurity.org
- ^Moore, Mark (9 June 2010)."Mississippi Reaches Another Milestone, Celebrates Keel Laying".United States Navy.Retrieved10 June2010.
- ^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 fromthe originalon 11 April 2020.Retrieved11 February2012.
{{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.Retrieved5 April2023.
- ^Khor, Steven."USS Mississippi Welcomed as Newest Member of Pacific Submarine Force".United States Navy.Retrieved21 April2016.
External links
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This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register,which, as a U.S. government publication, is in thepublic domain.The entry can be foundhere.- Mohl, Michael (2010)."Mississippi(SSN-782) ".Submarine Photo Archive.NavSource Naval History.Retrieved10 June2010.
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