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Nose of 20,800-ton US Navy nuclear missile submarine heads for final assembly

The bow section of the US Navy’s first future ballistic-missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), has left ...
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Largest-ever: Five 20,800-ton nuclear missile submarines set to join US Navy

The Pentagon on November 17 awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $2.28 billion contract to support advance procurement ...
Stars and Stripes

Navy awards $2.3 billion contract designed to spur Columbia-class submarine acquisition ...

The Navy wants to build 12 Columbia-class submarines to replace the service’s aging Ohio-class fleet at an estimated cost of ...
USNI News

Navy Accepts Delivery of Virginia-class Attack Boat Massachusetts

The 25th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), was delivered Friday to the Navy, ...
The National Interest

Here’s How the US Navy Builds a Virginia-Class Attack Submarine

Building a Virginia-class submarine begins with a detailed design and planning phase, often years before physical work on assembling the submarine begins. Such a program emphasizes integrated product ...

HII delivers Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts to U.S. Navy

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine ...