Name USS Hyman G. Rickover Homeport Groton, Connecticut Length 115 m | Sponsored by Darlene Greenert Identification Hull symbolSSN-795 | |
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Namesake Admiral Hyman G. Rickover Status authorized for construction Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat | ||
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), will be a Virginia-class submarine, the second ship of the United States Navy commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear Navy. The ship's sponsor is Darlene Greenert, wife of US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Jonathan Greenert. Both the boat's name and her sponsor were announced by the Secretary of the Navy at a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on 9 January 2015.
The first USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) was a Los Angeles-class submarine, and the only submarine of its class not to be named after a United States city or town. This submarine will be the second of its class not to be named after a U.S. state; the first was the USS John Warner (SSN-785).
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