HII introduced that Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) was not too long ago launched into the James River on the firm’s Newport Information Shipbuilding (NNS) division.
Shipbuilders transferred the submarine from a building facility to the floating dry dock, the place it was later submerged and moved by tugboats to a submarine pier on the shipyard for ultimate outfitting, testing and crew certification.
“Following the christening of this mighty submarine in Might, witnessing Massachusetts launch into the river is a supply of immense delight for our shipbuilding group,” stated Jason Ward, NNS vice chairman of Virginia-class submarine building. “We perceive the significance of Massachusetts, and we’ll proceed to execute with function to convey this necessary nationwide safety asset to life and ship it to the Navy.”
Virginia-class nuclear-powered quick assault submarines are constructed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions to interchange the Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarines as they’re retired. Virginia-class submarines incorporate dozens of recent applied sciences and improvements that enhance firepower, maneuverability and stealth to considerably improve their warfighting capabilities. These submarines are able to supporting a number of mission areas and may function at speeds of greater than 25 knots.
Massachusetts is the twenty fifth Virginia-class submarine and would be the twelfth delivered by NNS, which is one in all solely two shipyards able to designing and constructing nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy.
