USS Texas SSN-775 |
Type: |
Submarine |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Northrop Grumman Newport News Newport News, Virginia |
Hull Number: |
SSN-775 |
Ordered: |
September 30, 1998 |
Commissioned: |
September 9, 2007 |
Keel Laid: |
July 12, 2002 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
April 9, 2005 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active in commission as of 2011 Assignment: Pacific Fleet. Homeport: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
377' |
Engines: |
S9G Nuclear Reactor |
Beam: |
34' |
Motors: |
N/A |
Draft: |
32' |
Shafts: |
1 |
Pressure Hull |
Horsepower |
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Length: |
N/A |
Engines: |
N/A |
Diameter: |
N/A |
Motors: |
N/A |
Displacement |
Speed |
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Surfaced: |
Surfaced: |
N/A |
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Submerged: |
7,800 |
Submerged: |
25+ knots |
Diving Depth: |
800'+ |
Range |
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Surfaced: |
Unlimited |
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Crew: |
134 |
Submerged: |
Unlimited |
Armament as built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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4 |
21" (533mm) Horizontal torpedo tubes
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12 |
21" (533mm) Vertical Launch System (VLS) tubes
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48 |
Weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles, Mk 48 torpedoes and Mk 60 mines |
Commanders
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From
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To
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Name
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Sept. 9, 2007 |
Captain John J. Litherland USN |
Notes: |
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July 31, 2004: |
Christened by Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States of America. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Dec. 31, 2007 |