USS Minnesota (SSN-783)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Minnesota.

USS Minnesota (SSN-783) departs Norfolk in January 2014
History
United States
NameUSS Minnesota
NamesakeThe state of Minnesota
Awarded14 August 2003
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding
Laid down20 May 2011
Sponsored byEllen Roughead
Christened27 October 2012
Acquired6 June 2013
Commissioned7 September 2013
Home portNaval Base Guam
MottoEx Septentrio Virtus ("From the North, power")
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Class & typeVirginia-class submarine
Displacementapp. 7800 long tons (7925 metric tons) submerged
Length114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion
  • 1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%
  • 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW)
  • 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor
  • 1 × secondary propulsion motor
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
RangeEssentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depthgreater than 800 feet (240 meters)
Complement134 sailors

USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is a nuclear powered fast attack submarine, the 10th of the Virginia-class. She is the third United States Navy vessel to bear the name and the second of two named for the state, while the other was named for the Minnesota River.

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