Name USS Colorado Awarded 22 December 2008 Laid down 7 March 2015 Construction started 7 March 2015 Length 115 m | Namesake The State of Colorado Cost ~$2.6 billion Sponsored by Annie Mabus Launched 29 December 2016 Beam 10 m | |
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Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat | ||
USS Colorado (SSN-788), will be a Virginia-class submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This ship is the fifth of the Block III subs which will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.
The official naming ceremony was in April 2012. In July 2014, ETCM (SS) Brett A. Jackson was named as the PCU Colorado's first Chief of the Boat, later in October 2014, CDR Ken Franklin was named as the ship's first Commanding Officer (CO), and the following October, LCDR Stephen Col was named as the Executive Officer (XO). On 30 April 2015, the winner of the ship's crest was announced. LTJG Michael Nielsen, now assigned to PCU Colorado, designed the crest. On 20 October 2015, the finalized crest and new motto were unveiled. She was christened on 3 December 2016.
