Awarded 22 December 2008 Sponsored by Jeanne Warner Length 115 m Displacement 7.8 million kg | Laid down 16 March 2013 Christened 6 September 2014 Weight 7,800 tons | |
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Builders Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics Electric Boat, Newport News Shipbuilding | ||
Uss john warner commissioning ceremony
USS John Warner (SSN-785) is a Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy. It is the first in the class to be named after a person; the first 11 Virginia-class subs were named after states. John Warner was originally to be built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut but the contract was later transferred to Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. This ship is the second of the Block III subs, which will have a revised bow and some technology from Ohio-class cruise missile submarines. The vessel supports 40 weapons, special operations forces, unmanned undersea vehicles, Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS).
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The name was announced on 8 January 2009, five days after John Warner, a Republican from Virginia, retired after serving 30 years as a United States Senator. John Warner is one of a few U.S. Navy vessels to be named for a living person, and only the third American nuclear-powered submarine with this distinction, after the USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), a Los Angeles-class submarine, and USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class submarine.
Construction began on 29 April 2009 with the keel laying ceremony being held on 16 March 2013. Because of the modular construction sequence, the submarine was reportedly already about 59% complete before the official keel laying. The submarine was christened on 6 September 2014.
John Warner was commissioned on 1 August 2015 with Commander Dan Caldwell as the Commanding Officer.
Uss john warner christened in newport news
