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USS Newport News SSN 750 inward bound to HMNB Clyde 17/04/2018 assisted by SD DEPENDABLE and SD RELIABLE, photographed passing through Rhu Narrows. Credit goes to Steve for identifying her.
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Name: USS Newport News SSN 750
Namesake: The City of Newport News, Virginia
Awarded: 19/04/1982
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 03/03/1984
Launched: 15/03/1986
Commissioned: 03/06/1989
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Motto:
Magni Nominis Umbra
(Latin:"Under the shadow of a great name")
Status: active
General characteristics
Class and type: Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement:
5,700 long tons (5,791 t) light
6,072 long tons (6,169 t) full
1,372 long tons (1,394 t) dead
Length: 110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft: 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
S6G nuclear reactor
2 x turbines 35,000 hp (26 mws)
1 x auxiliary motor 325 hp (242 kws)
1 x shaft
Speed:
25 knots (46 km/h) surfaced
30 knots (56 km/h) submerged (actual top speed classified)
Test depth: 290 m (950 ft)
Complement: 13 officers + 121 enlisted
Armament:
4 × 21 in (533 mms) bow tubes
Mark 48 torpedoes
Harpoon missiles
Tomahawk cruise missiles
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