Name USS Utah Ordered April 28, 2014 Beam 34 ft (10.4 m) | Namesake State of Utah Displacement 7,800 tons Length 115 m | |
Class and type Virginia-class submarine Builder General Dynamics Electric Boat | ||
Utah (SSN-801), a Virginia-class submarine, will be the second U.S. Navy ship named for the state of Utah. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on September 28, 2015, at a ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Navy specifically selected boat number "801" to be named the Utah, even jumping over some other as-yet-unnamed boats, as 801 is the telephone area code for Utah's capital, Salt Lake City.
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