Name USS Arkansas Ordered April 28, 2014 Beam 34 ft (10.4 m) Builder Newport News Shipbuilding | Namesake State of Arkansas Displacement 7,800 tons Length 115 m | |
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Class and type Virginia-class submarine | ||
USS Arkansas (SSN-800) will be a Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy. During a Naming Ceremony on June 15, 2016, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that future U.S. Navy submarine SSN-800 will bear the name USS Arkansas. USS Arkansas is a Block 4 Virginia-class submarine that was ordered on April 28, 2014.
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