USS New Hampshire (SSN-778)

7925 tons submerged

115 m

10.4 m

9.5 m

134

A S9G reactor nozzle ring propeller

25 nodes

4 torpedo tubes, 12 vertical missile launch tubes

The USS New Hampshire ( SSN -778 ) is a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy. It belongs to the Virginia class and was named after the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

History

SSN -778 was approved in 2003 as the fifth boat of her class, 2007, the keel was laid. Shipyard was Electric Boat, where on 21 February 2008 also took place the launching. Godmother when held on June 21, 2008 Baptism of the U- boat was Cheryl McGuinness, the widow of Tom McGuinness, the copilot was on American Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked for the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Thanks to improved construction techniques are from the keel laying to commissioning in New Hampshire for the first time in a boat of this class only 18 months have passed. So the boat was completed eight months ahead of the original plan, which 54 million U.S. dollars could be saved.

The commissioning took place at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 25 October 2008. In May 2009, the New Hampshire took part in the Joint Warrior exercise in the North Atlantic. Following the submarine participated in the celebrations Haakonsvern the Norwegian Navy. In March 2011, the New Hampshire began with the USS Connecticut (SSN -22), ICEX, an exercise in warfare in Arctic waters. On the trip had to be on March 19, the oxygen conditioner taken out of service and switched to oxygen candles. The Navy called it a minor defect that posed no danger to the crew.