(See) SSBN(X) - Columbia-Klasse

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Kiellegung des ersten Columbia-Klasse-U-Schiffes auf der Werft von General Dynamics' Electric Boat in Quonset Point. Entsprechend gegenwärtiger Planungen soll SSBN-826 im Jahr 2027 in Dienst genommen und ab 2031 auf Patrouille gehen.

Keel Laid For Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine District of Columbia

After inspecting the engraved plate with her welded initials, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) declared the keel laid for the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826).

The ceremony marks the ceremonial construction start of the first in a new class of ballistic missile submarine that’s expected to commission in 2027. [...] Preliminary design work on the 520-foot long, 20,000-ton ballistic missile submarine started in 2007. The class will replace the Ohio class ballistic missile submarines as the nation’s number one strategic deterrent starting with District of Columbia’s first patrol in 2031. The Columba-class will carry “70 percent of America’s deployed nuclear arsenal,” Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said at the ceremony at Electric Boat’s Quonset Point facility in Rhode Island. He added the ballistic missile submarines are “the smartest investment we can make” to secure the American public. [...]

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/04/keel-la...f-columbia

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