USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), will be a Virginia-class submarine, the second submarine of the United States Navy commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear Navy.[4] The boat's sponsor is Darleen Greenert,[5] wife of then Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Jonathan Greenert. Both the boat's name and her sponsor were announced by the Secretary of the Navy at a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on 9 January 2015.[5]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Hyman G. Rickover.

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)
The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774).
History
United States
Name: USS Hyman G. Rickover
Namesake: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
Ordered: 28 April 2014[1]
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down: 11 May 2018[2]
Launched: [1]
Sponsored by: Darleen Greenert
Commissioned: [1]
Homeport: Groton, Connecticut[3]
Identification: Hull symbol:SSN-795
Status: Under construction[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Virginia-class submarine
Displacement: 7,800 tons
Length: 377 ft (115 m)[1]
Beam: 34 ft (10.4 m)[1]
Draft: 32 ft (9.8 m)[1]
Propulsion: S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Test depth: greater than 800 ft (244 m)
Complement: 134 officers and men
Armament: 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk

The first USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) was a Los Angeles-class submarine, and the only submarine of its class not to be named after a United States city or town. This submarine will be the second of its class not to be named after a U.S. state; the first was the USS John Warner (SSN-785).

The USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) will be commissioned in late 2021 or early 2022 as part of a week-long celebration. The USS Hyman G. Rickover Commissioning Committee was established by the Union League Club of Chicago.[6]

References
  1. "Naval Vessel Register". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "PCU Hyman G. Rickover Celebrates Construction Milestone" (Press release). United States Navy. 12 May 2018. NNS180512-02. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. US Navy homeport
  4. LaGrone, Sam (9 January 2015). "Navy Names Attack Boat After Rickover". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. "Naval Reactors celebrates the 60th anniversary of the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) first signaling "underway on nuclear power."". 9 January 2015.
  6. "USS Hyman G. Rickover Commissioning Committee". 24 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.


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