USS Colorado (SSN-788)
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USS Colorado (SSN-788) is a nuclear powered United States Navy Virginia-class attack submarine, named for the State of Colorado. She is the fifteenth of her class and fifth of the significantly redesigned Block III, including a revised bow and VLS technology from the Ohio class of guided missile submarines.[7] She was constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia, with the initial contract awarded on 22 December 2008.
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USS Colorado (SSN-788) in March 2018 | |
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Namesake | The State of Colorado |
Awarded | 22 December 2008 |
Builder | Electric Boat |
Cost | ~$2.6 billion[1] |
Laid down | 7 March 2015 |
Launched | 29 December 2016 |
Sponsored by | Annie Mabus[2] |
Christened | 3 December 2016[3] |
Commissioned | 17 March 2018[4] |
Homeport | Groton, Connecticut |
Motto | Terra Marique Indomita (By land and sea, untamed) |
Status | Active Service |
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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) |
Installed power | 40,000 SHP |
Propulsion | S9G reactor |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h)[5] |
Range | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
Test depth | greater than 800 feet (240 meters)[6] |
Complement | 134 officers and men[5] |
Armament | 4 21-inch torpedo tubes, 2 Virginia Payload Tubes, capable of holding 6 Tomahawk missiles each for a total of 38 weapons |
The official naming ceremony was on 25 June 2012.[8] Her keel was laid down on 7 March 2015 and she was christened and launched on 3 December 2016.[3] Her sponsor is Annie Mabus, daughter of former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus[2] She was commissioned on 17 March 2018.[4]