USS Arkansas (SSN-800)
USS Arkansas (SSN-800) will be a Block 4 Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy. It was ordered on April 28, 2014. During a naming ceremony on June 15, 2016, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that future U.S. Navy submarine SSN-800 will bear the name USS Arkansas.[2]
_returns_to_the_General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat_shipyard.jpg.webp) Lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774) returns to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard following the successful completion of its "alpha" sea trials in 2004 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Arkansas |
| Namesake | State of Arkansas |
| Ordered | April 28, 2014[1] |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement | 7,800 tons |
| Length | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion | S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Endurance | can remain submerged for up to 3 months |
| Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 2 VPT tubes for 12 Tomahawk Cruise missiles, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
In popular culture
USS Arkansas was featured in the 2018 navy thriller film Hunter Killer, which was based on the novel Firing Point by George Wallace and Don Keith.
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