USS Arkansas (SSN-800)
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| 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) |
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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 |
USS Arkansas (SSN-800) will be a Virginia-class submarine for the United States Navy. 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] Arkansas is a Block 4 Virginia-class submarine that was ordered on April 28, 2014.
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