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Zitat:US Navy christens new Virginia-class submarine
The US Navy has christened its newest Virginia-class SSN 795 submarine as USS Hyman G. Rickover.
It has been named in honour of the navy admiral Hyman G. Rickover, who created USS Nautilus (SSN 571), the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine.
Virginia-class submarines are being built by General Dynamics (GD) Electric Boat in collaboration with Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding unit as part of a $17.6bn contract.....