USS Minnesota (SSN-783)
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USS Minnesota (SSN-783) departs Norfolk in January 2014
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Name: | USS Minnesota |
Namesake: | The state of Minnesota |
Awarded: | 14 August 2003 |
Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Laid down: | 20 May 2011[1] |
Sponsored by: | Ellen Roughead |
Christened: | 27 October 2012 |
Acquired: | 6 June 2013 |
Commissioned: | 7 September 2013 |
Homeport: | Groton, Connecticut |
Motto: | Ex Septentrio Virtus ("From the North, power") |
Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
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General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Virginia-class submarine |
Displacement: | app. 7800 long tons (7925 metric tons) submerged |
Length: | 114.9 meters (377 feet) |
Beam: | 10.3 meters (34 feet) |
Propulsion: | S9G reactor |
Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h)[2] |
Range: | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
Test depth: | greater than 800 feet (250 meters) |
Complement: | 134 officers and men[2] |
USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is a fast attack submarine, the 10th of the planned 48-boat Virginia-class. It is the second United States Navy vessel named for the state of Minnesota, the third to bear the name, and the first since 1921.
History
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Minnesota was laid down on 20 May 2011, and christened on 27 October 2012 in a ceremony attended by many top ranking officials in the U.S. Navy and Congress.[1][3][4] On 6 June 2013, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Minnesota had been delivered to the Navy, nearly 11 months ahead of schedule.[5][6] Minnesota was commissioned on 7 September 2013.
After commissioning, Minnesota remained at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyards in Groton, CT for over two years. A broken pipe joint was discovered in the vessel's nuclear reactor. The pipe had been tampered with in order to make the part appear within specifications.[7][8] Although a failure of the pipe would not result in a reactor incident, it would affect the reactor's ability to produce steam used for propulsion.[8] The same issue has been discovered on two other boats in the class. A Navy investigation determined that two other ships had the same issue, and the U.S. Justice Department commenced an investigation of the contractor responsible for the defective parts.[7][8]
On 27 May 2016, Minnesota left the Electric Boat shipyards for its home port, the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT, to prepare for fleet operations.[9]
References
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- ↑ Frost, Peter, "Newport News Shipyard Will Lay Keel Of Submarine Minnesota On Friday", Newport News Daily Press, 20 May 2011.
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- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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