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USS Hawaii (SSN-776)



         


Career
Ordered: 30 September 1998
Laid down: 27 August 2004
Launched:
Commissioned: scheduled for October 2004 (?)
Fate: Under construction in US by Navy, unassigned to fleet
General Characteristics
Displacement: 7800 tons
Length: 114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam: 10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion: Virginia-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 27 August 2004.

See USS Hawaii for other ships of the same name.

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References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.


Virginia-class submarine

Virginia | Texas | Hawaii | North Carolina | New Hampshire


List of United States submarines
List of United States submarine classes





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