Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division and Northrop Grumman Newport News
Date Deployed: Commissioned 23 October 2004
Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft
Length: 377 feet (114.8 meters)
Beam: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 7,800 tons (7,925 metric tons) submerged
Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3+ kph)
Crew: 134: 14 Officers; 120 Enlisted
Armament: Tomahawk missiles, twelve VLS tubes, MK-48 ADCAP torpedoes, four torpedo tubes.
Ships:
USS Virginia (SSN 774), Groton, CT
USS Texas (SSN 775), Groton, Conn.
Hawaii (SSN 776) - under construction; delivery in March 2007
North Carolina (SSN 777) - named 11 December 2000; delivery in June 2008
New Hampshire (SSN 778) - named 6 August 2004
New Mexico (SSN 779) - named 7 December 2004; construction began in January 2004 http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=100&ct=4