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Keel Laying
Construction & Christening
Commissioning & Active Service
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 | 63k | Preparations for the Texas (SSN-775) launch began when a transfer car system raised the 7,800-ton submarine off its keel blocks and transported it 500 feet to the floating dry dock, a transportable dock used to launch and dock ships. | Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 416k | On 8 April 2005 the floating dry dock, with Texas (SSN-775) on board, moved into launch position and shipyard employees and Texas crew members completed final launch preparations. | Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 01/21/12. |
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 | 95k | Texas (SSN-775) is the second ship of the Virginia class. With improved stealth, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and special warfare enhancements, it will provide undersea supremacy well into the 21st century. | Photo by Chris Oxley, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 103k | During the early morning hours of 9 April 2005, Northrop Grumman Newport News floating dry dock slowly fills with water before the Texas (SSN-775) is launched into the James River. | Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 63k | Northrop Grumman Newport News reached a construction milestone on 9 April 2005 by launching the second Virginia class submarine, Texas (SSN-775). This was the company's first submarine launching in nearly a decade. | Photo by Chris Oxley, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 295k | James Holland, an employee in Newport News' Fitters Dept. (X11), uses a surveyor's transit to find the centerline on Texas (SSN-775) before the submarine's official launch. | Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 326k | Northrop Grumman Corporation of Newport News, Va., reached a construction milestone by launching the second Virginia class attack submarine Texas (SSN-775) on 9 April 2005. This is the company's first submarine launching in nearly a decade. Northrop Grumman Newport News is teamed with General Dynamics Electric Boat to build the first ten submarines of the Virginia class. Current plans call for 30 Virginia class submarines in the fleet. As the Navy's next-generation attack submarine, the Virginia class will provide the U.S. Navy with the capabilities it requires to maintain the nation's undersea supremacy well into the 21st century. Texas will have improved stealthiness, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and Special Warfare enhancements that will enable it to meet the Navy's multimission requirements. | U.S. Navy photo # N-0775O-001 by Chris Oxley, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 483k | The Texas (SSN-775) sails into the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyards after successfully completing alpha sea trials, 17 May 2006. | U.S. Navy photo # N-7544A-039 by Photographer's Mate Airman Maddelin Angebrand, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 331k | Crew members of the Texas (SSN-775) prepare to moor the submarine at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyards after successfully completing alpha sea trials. | U.S. Navy photo # N-7544A-138 by Photographer's Mate Airman Maddelin Angebrand, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 465k | The Texas (SSN-775) sails into the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyards with assistance of three tugboats after successfully completing its alpha sea trials, 17 May 2006. | U.S. Navy photo # N-4014G-318 by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Patrick Gearhiser, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 282k | Commanding Officer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Texas (SSN-775), Capt. John J. Litherland, reports the results of the submarine's alpha sea trials at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyards. Note the broom attached to the conning tower indicative of a "clean sweep" of the trials. | U.S. Navy photo # N-4014G-459 by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Patrick Gearhiser, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 443k | The nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered submarine, Texas (SSN-775), returned to Northrop Grumman Newport News with a broom atop its sail to signify a clean sweep of the ship's alpha sea trials on 17 May 2006. | Photo # DCS06-297-122 by Chris Oxley, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 282k | Virginia class submarines incorporate dozens of new technologies and innovations and are the first major combatants designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind. | Photo # DCS06-293-061 by Chris Oxley, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 515k | The Pre-Commissioning Unit Texas (SSN-775) sails past the Coast Guard cutter Sea Horse (WPB-87361). The fast-attack submarine returned to the Northrop Grumman Newport News, Va. shipyards after successfully completing alpha sea trials to test the boat's capabilities. | U.S. Navy photo # N-4014G-130 by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Patrick Gearhiser, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 429k | On 7 April 2006, sailors ate the first meal prepared on the Virginia class submarine Texas (SSN-775). | Photo # DCS06-202-110 by John Whalen, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 792k | Sea trials provide an opportunity to test all systems, components and compartments and include submerging for the first time, high-speed runs while on the surface and submerged, and a demonstration of the submarine's other capabilities. | Photo # DCS06-291-208 by Rick Thompson, Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 374k | Sailors from the pre-commissioning unit Texas (SSN-775), Pederson (top) and Warren (bottom), load mattresses onto the submarine in preparation for the crew moving aboard. | Photo # DCS06-183-131 by John Whalen, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
 | 293k | Northrop Grumman delivered the submarine Texas (SSN-775) to the Navy following the successful completion of its third and final round of builder's sea trials. Northrop Grumman Corporation celebrated a significant chapter in its history today as it delivered its first submarine to the U.S. Navy in a decade. | Photo by Chris Oxley, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News. | |
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