USS North Carolina (SSN-777)

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PCU North Carolina under construction at Northrop Grumman Newport News
Career USN Jack
Ordered: 30 September 1998
Laid down: 22 May 2004
Launched: 21 April 2007
Commissioned: 3 May 2008 Scheduled
Fate: Undergoing Sea trials.
Homeport: Newport News, Virginia
General characteristics
Displacement: 7800 tons
Length: 114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam: 10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion: S9G reactor

PCU North Carolina (SSN-777), a Virginia-class submarine, will be the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 12th state.

The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company) in Newport News, Virginia on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 22 May 2004. She was christened on 21 April 2007 sponsored by Linda Bowman, wife of Admiral Frank L. "Skip" Bowman, the former director of Naval Reactors. Commander Mark E. Davis, a native of upstate New York, will become the ship’s first commanding officer and will lead a crew of approximately 134 officers and enlisted personnel.

The boat will have physical connections to previous North Carolinas. Sections of the teak decking from the battleship BB-55 are reused within the submarine, and several pieces from a silver serving set made for the armored cruiser ACR-12, then transferred through the state governor to the battleship will be used aboard SSN-777.[1]

The ship's official commissioning ceremony is scheduled for May 3, 2008, in Wilmington, North Carolina.[2]

  1. ^ Worthington, Don. "The USS North Carolina: Ceremony set for America's latest attack sub", The Fayetteville Observer, 2007-06-03. Retrieved on 2007-06-03. "“We call this physical legacy transfer. You don’t often get the opportunity to transfer history.”" 
  2. ^ http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/uss_north_carolina_to_visit_namesake
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