USS Idaho (SSN-799)
Idaho during her christening ceramony in 2024 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Idaho |
| Namesake | State of Idaho |
| Ordered | 28 April 2014 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 24 August 2020 |
| Launched | 16 August 2024 |
| Sponsored by | Teresa Stackley |
| Christened | 16 March 2024 |
| Identification | Hull number: SSN-799 |
| Motto | Esto Perpetua |
| Status | Christened (March 16 2024) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement | 7,800 tons |
| Length | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion | S9G reactor auxiliary diesel engine |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Endurance | will be able to remain submerged for up to 3 months |
| Test depth | greater than 800 ft (244 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 12 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk |
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Idaho (SSN-799), a Virginia-class submarine, will be the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Idaho. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 23 August 2015, at a ceremony in Idaho. The keel laying ceremony took place 24 August 2020 at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Idaho is projected to cost around $2.6 billion dollars and to be commissioned in 2026. She was christened 16 March 2024 at Electric Boat by Teresa Stackley, wife of Sean Stackley, a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition).