USS Minnesota (SSN-783)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Minnesota.
USS Minnesota (SSN-783) departs Norfolk in January 2014
USS Minnesota (SSN-783) departs Norfolk in January 2014
History
Name: USS Minnesota
Namesake: The state of Minnesota
Awarded: 14 August 2003
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 20 May 2011[1]
Sponsored by: Ellen Roughead
Christened: 27 October 2012
Acquired: 6 June 2013
Commissioned: 7 September 2013
Homeport: Groton, Connecticut
Motto: Ex Septentrio Virtus ("From the North, power")
Status: in active service, as of 2024
Badge: USS Minnesota SSN 783.png
General characteristics
Class & type: Virginia-class submarine
Displacement: app. 7800 long tons (7925 metric tons) submerged
Length: 114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam: 10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion: S9G reactor
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)[2]
Range: Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth: greater than 800 feet (250 meters)
Complement: 134 officers and men[2]

USS Minnesota (SSN-783) is a fast attack submarine, the 10th of the planned 48-boat Virginia-class. It is the second United States Navy vessel named for the state of Minnesota, the third to bear the name, and the first since 1921.

History

Minnesota under construction at Newport News, VA.
The crew of the USS Minnesota mans the ship during her commissioning at Norfolk Naval Base on 7 September 2013.
A Sonar Technician stands lookout in the sail aboard Minnesota as the boat transits Port Canaveral, FL.
Minnesota pulls pierside in Norfolk, VA.

Minnesota was laid down on 20 May 2011, and christened on 27 October 2012 in a ceremony attended by many top ranking officials in the U.S. Navy and Congress.[1][3][4] On 6 June 2013, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Minnesota had been delivered to the Navy, nearly 11 months ahead of schedule.[5][6] Minnesota was commissioned on 7 September 2013.

After commissioning, Minnesota remained at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyards in Groton, CT for over two years. A broken pipe joint was discovered in the vessel's nuclear reactor. The pipe had been tampered with in order to make the part appear within specifications.[7][8] Although a failure of the pipe would not result in a reactor incident, it would affect the reactor's ability to produce steam used for propulsion.[8] The same issue has been discovered on two other boats in the class. A Navy investigation determined that two other ships had the same issue, and the U.S. Justice Department commenced an investigation of the contractor responsible for the defective parts.[7][8]

On 27 May 2016, Minnesota left the Electric Boat shipyards for its home port, the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT, to prepare for fleet operations.[9]

References

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  3. ↑ Frost, Peter, "Newport News Shipyard Will Lay Keel Of Submarine Minnesota On Friday", Newport News Daily Press, 20 May 2011.
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