USS Delaware - Build Coming Right Along

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  • adit

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    Feb 20, 2013
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    Attack submarine USS Delaware joins U.S. Navy fleet

    Named after the great state of Delaware, the United States Navy commissioned its 18th Virginia-class attack submarine April 4.

    According to a press release issued April 4, the USS Delaware submarine is 377 feet long, has a 34-foot beam, can dive to depths greater than 800 feet and can operate at speeds in excess of 25 knots while submerged. Nuclear-powered, the USS Delaware will operate for over 30 years without ever refueling.

    This is the first time in nearly 100 years the name Delaware has been used for a Navy vessel. It is the seventh ship, and first submarine, to bear the name of the state. The keel was laid in April 2016, and was christened during a ceremony in October 2018. It is the final Block III Virginia-class submarine, before the next wave of Block IV deliveries.

    The crest is bad ass.

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    Some Facts:

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    https://www.capegazette.com/article/attack-submarine-uss-delaware-joins-us-navy-fleet/200442
     

    Bullfrog

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    Oct 8, 2009
    15,152
    Carroll County
    Awesome. :thumbsup:


    Its predecessor (in name, not class), was pretty badass looking too.

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    Always loved the look of the early post-Dreadnought battleships. Turrets stuck everywhere (this one had 5), bristling with secondary guns along the waterline like a sailing ship's cannons...


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