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Virginia Class Attack Submarine: Named Oregon (SSN-793) on 7 October 2014.
Commissioned on 28 May 2022.
SSN-792 through approximately SSN-801 are planned to make up the Fourth Block. The main improvement over the Block III is the reduction of major maintenance periods from four to three, increasing each ship's total lifetime deployments by one. (Partial text courtesy of wikipedia.org) SSN-793 will be built at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut.Specifications:Power Plant: One S9G pressurized water reactor, 29.84MW (40,000hp), one shaft with pumpjet propulsor, Improved Performance Machinery Program Phase III one secondary propulsion submerged motor. Displacement, 7,800 tons submerged. Length: 377 feet. Draft: 32 feet. Beam: 34 feet. Speed: 25+ knots submerged. Depth: Greater than 800 feet. 12 VLS & four torpedo tubes, capable of launching Mark 48 torpedoes, UGM-109 Tactical Tomahawks, Harpoon (missile)s and the new advanced mobile mine when it becomes available: Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Special Warfare: Dry Deck Shelter. Advanced SEAL Delivery System. Sonars: Spherical active/passive arrays. Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays. TB-16, TB-29, and future towed arrays. High-frequency chin and sail arrays. Countermeasures: 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel) 14 external launchers. Crew: 134 officers and men.
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 | 1.09k | Newport News Shipbuilding is teamed with General Dynamics Electric Boat to build Virginia-class submarines. Newport News Shipbuilding builds the stern, habitability & machinery spaces, torpedo room, sail and bow. Electric Boat builds the pressure hull, engine room and control room. Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat each perform work on the reactor plant as well as alternate on the final assembly, test, outfit and delivery. The team has been recognized as the best shipbuilding program in the Navy. Virginia-class Infographic PDF. | Text & photo courtesy of huntingtoningalls.com. | |
 | 579k | In the shadow of the mast of the celebrated battleship ex-Oregon (BB-3) in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Secretary Ray Mabus announced the Navy will revive the Oregon name by applying it to a submarine currently under construction. | Photo courtesy of Mike Francis / The Oregonian / oregonlive.com. | |
 | 1.02k | Secretary of the Navy poses for a photo with Blueback Base members in Portland, Ore., after naming the next Virginia-class attack submarine Oregon (SSN-793). | Text & photo courtesy of marinelink.com. & Mike Brock. | |
 | 149k | Stephen Corr welding the outline of Dana Richardson's initials on the Oregon (SSN-793) keel as Dana Richardson, wife of Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations and Electric Boat President Jeff Geiger look on 8 July 2017, in North Kingstown, R.I. | USN photo navytimes.com via Thomas Lee | Managing Editor, Undersea Warfare Magazine. | |
 | 706k | Ship sponsor and Oregon native Dana Richardson, wife of former chief of naval operations Adm. John Richardson, breaks a bottle filled with water from Crater Lake, Ore. during the christening of the fast-attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Oregon (SSN-793) at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, 5 October 2019. | USN photo # 191005-N-LW591-0022 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Hoskinsvia navy.mil. | |
 | 911k | Ship sponsor and Oregon native Dana Richardson, wife of former chief of naval operations Adm. John Richardson, delivers remarks before christening the Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Oregon (SSN-793) at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, 5 October 2019. | USN photo # 191005-N-LW591-0011 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Hoskins via navy.mil. | |
 | 1.30k | Sailors stand in formation during the christening ceremony for the fast-attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Oregon (SSN-793), at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, 5 October 2019. PCU Oregon is the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named in honor of the state of Oregon and the 20th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine. | USN photo # 191005-N-LW591-0004 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Hoskins via navy.mil. | |
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1.75k | Sailors assigned to the Oregon (SSN-793) "bring the ship to life" during Oregon's commissioning ceremony in Groton, Conn., 28 May 2022. | U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten) & text courtesy of gdeb.com via Bob Haner & Fabio Pena. | |
There is no DANFS History currently available for Oregon (SSN-793) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The VIRGINIA Class America's Next Submarine
The Virginia Class—A New Submarine for the 21st Century
SSN-774 Virginia-class NSSN New Attack Submarine Centurion
NSSN VIRGINIA CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE, USA
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