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USS Oregon (SSN 793)

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Name
  
USS Oregon

Identification
  
Hull symbolSNN-793

Namesake
  
State of Oregon

Length
  
115 m

USS Oregon (SSN-793)

Commissioned
  
To be delivered in September 2019

Status
  
authorized for construction

Class and type
  
Virginia-class submarine

Builder
  
General Dynamics Electric Boat

Oregon will be a Virginia-class submarine, commemorating the history between the U.S. state of Oregon and the United States Navy. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced its name on October 10, 2014 at a ceremony hosted at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

A contract modification for Oregon SSN-793, Montana SSN-794, and Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat for $594.7 million in April 2012. On December 23, 2014 they were awarded an additional $121.8 million contract modification to buy long lead-time material for the three Virginia-class submarines. The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat the contract to construct 10 Block IV Virginia-class submarines for $17.6 billion on April 28, 2014. Vermont commenced in May 2014 with the tenth ship scheduled for delivery in 2023.

References

USS Oregon (SSN-793) Wikipedia