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Hawaii (SSN-776)
Construction - Christening Ceremony

Radio Call Sign: November - Delta - Lima - Victor

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Commissioning & Active Service

Virginia Attack Submarine: Keel Laid down at General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation, at Groton, Conn. 27 August 2004. Launched on 17 June 2006. Commissioned Hawaii (SSN-776) at Groton, Conn. on 5 May 2007 and will be based there through 2009.

Specifications:Power Plant: One S9G pressurized water reactor, 29.84MW (40,000hp), one shaft with pumpjet propulsor, Improved Performance Machinery Program Phase III one secondary propulsion submerged motor. Displacement, 7,800 tons submerged. Length: 377 feet. Draft: 32 feet. Beam: 34 feet. Speed: 25+ knots submerged. Depth: Greater than 800 feet. Horizontal Tubes: Four 21" Torpedo Tubes, Vertical Tubes: 12 Vertical Launch System Tubes, Weapons: 38 weapons, including: Vertical Launch System Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, Mk 48 ADCAP Heavyweight Torpedoes, Advanced Mobile Mines, Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Special Warfare: Dry Deck Shelter. Advanced SEAL Delivery System. Sonars: Spherical active/passive arrays. Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays. TB-16, TB-29, and future towed arrays. High-frequency chin and sail arrays. Countermeasures: 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel) 14 external launchers. Crew: 113 officers and men.

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30k	The U.S. Navy unveiled plans to build the new Hawaii (SSN-776) at a ceremony at the *Bowfin Memorial* on Saturday, 8 April 2000. U.S. Senator, the Honorable Daniel Akaka, and Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Richard Danzig, presented depictions of the newest *Virginia class* submarine.	Drawing by Fred Harris, courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
886k	A cut out of the *Virginia class* submarine characteristics.	Courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
27k	Rear Admiral Alfred G. Harms, Jr., and Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Richard Danzig render honors during the naming of the newest *Virginia class* submarine, the Hawaii (SSN-776) on 8 April 2000.	USN photo courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
505k	*Virginia-class* submarines Texas (SSN-775),Hawaii (SSN-776) and North Carolina (SSN-777), are pictured in March 2002 under construction in Northrop Grumman Newport News' Ring Module Shop (RMS). The RMS is a 53,000 square foot building used to assemble the structural steel that forms hulls sections, tanks and modules that will later be outfitted with pipe, machinery and equipment.	Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News.
252k	Electric Boat hosted a keel-laying ceremony 27 August 2004 for the Hawaii (SSN-776), the third ship in the Navy's newest class of nuclear attack submarines.	Photo & text courtesy of General Dynamics /Electric Boat.
201k	Electric Boat hosted a keel-laying ceremony on 27 August 2004 for the Hawaii (SSN-776). Held at EB's Quonset Point, R.I., facility, the ceremony was attended by several high-ranking congressional and Navy representatives, including Adm. Frank "Skip" Bowman, director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion. EB President John Casey is pictured here speaking on the podium.	Photo & text courtesy of General Dynamics /Electric Boat.
231k	Electric Boat hosted a keel-laying ceremony on 27 August 2004 for the Hawaii (SSN-776). Held at EB's Quonset Point, R.I., facility, the ceremony was attended by several high-ranking congressional and Navy representatives, including Adm. Frank "Skip" Bowman, director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion. To conclude the ceremony, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, the ship's sponsor, chalked her initials on a steel plate. Her initials were then welded onto the plate, which will be permanently affixed to the submarine.	Photo & text courtesy of General Dynamics /Electric Boat.
254k	John Weiss, left, a welder with General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), welds Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle's initials into a steel plate as Governor Lingle and John P. Casey, President of GDEB, looks on. Lingle, the sponsor of Precommissioning Unit Hawaii (SSN-776), joined several dignitaries at GDEB's Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown, R.I. 27 August 2004 for the keel laying ceremony of the Navy's third *Virginia-class* submarine.	U.S. Navy photo # N-1876S-001 by Journalist First Class Mark A. Savage, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
211k	Gov. Linda Lingle, of Hawaii, chalked her initials on this steel plate and John Weiss (left), a welder with General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), traced the initials with his welding torch rendering her signature permanent during a keel laying ceremony for Precommissioning Unit Hawaii (SSN-776) at GDEB's Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown, R.I., The plate will be affixed in Hawaii during the construction of the submarine.	U.S. Navy photo by JO1 (SW/AW) Mark A. Savage, Navy New London Public Affairs, courtesy of csg2.navy.mil. & submitted to this site by Bill Gonyo.
219k	Artwork of the future Hawaii (SSN-776) submerged & underway.	Drawing by DM2 Galen Kickingwoman, courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
227k	Artwork of the Hawaii (SSN-776) running on the surface.	Drawing by Fred Harris, courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
90k	Bow unit of the Hawaii (SSN-776) under construction, 2 Feb. 2005.	Photo by John Whalen, courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News.
505k	Construction at Newport News.	Photo # DCS05-110-04 by Chris Oxley, courtesy of nn.northropgrumman.com / Northrop Grumman. Photo added 05/07/08.
337k	Bow Unit Transport to Sea Shuttle. The George Washington (CVN-73) is in the background.	Photo # DCS05-110-32 by Chris Oxley, courtesy of nn.northropgrumman.com / Northrop Grumman. Photo added 05/07/08.
380k	Quonset Point, RI., 19 Jan. 2006, Electric Boat, Quonset Point employee, shows Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable, Dr. Donald C. Winter a piece of sheet metal he is fabricating for use aboard one of the new U.S. Navy Submarines being built by Electric Boat. SECNAV is in the northeast for a tour to familiarize himself with the construction, operation and maintenance of the U.S. Navy's Submarine Fleet.	U.S. Navy photo # N-2568S-171 by Chief Journalist Craig P. Strawser, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
187k	The Hawaii (SSN-776) transits up the Thames River after passing the ship's alpha trails with a "clean sweep."	U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Mark Jones, courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
128k	The Hawaii (SSN-776) is moored to the pier at the Electric Boat Shipyard following its successful alpha sea trials.	U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Mark Jones, courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
229k	The nuclear attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) currently berthed at the Electric Boat Shipyard is decorated for her christening ceremony.	U.S. Navy photo # N-0653J-001 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
212k	Sailors assigned to the nuclear attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) stand at ease during the ship's christening ceremony.	U.S. Navy photo # N-3642E-002 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
414k	Hawaii Governor, the Honorable Linda Lingle smashes a bottle of champagne against the sail of the *Virginia-class* nuclear attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) during the ship's christening ceremony. General Dynamics Electric Boat President, Mr. John Casey, Sen. Christopher Dodd and Sen. Daniel Inouye, watch as the ship receives the governor's blessing.	U.S. Navy photo # N-3642E-004 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
127k	Hawaii Governor, the Honorable Linda Lingle smashes a bottle of champagne against the sail of the *Virginia-class* nuclear attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) during the ship's christening ceremony. General Dynamics Electric Boat President, Mr. John Casey and Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, watch as the ship receives the governor's blessing.	U.S. Navy photo # N-0653J-002 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
289k	Sailors assigned to the nuclear attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) man the deck during the ships christening ceremony at the Electric Boat Company.	U.S. Navy photo # N-3642E-011 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
164k	Sailors assigned to the nuclear attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) depart after participating in the ship's christening ceremony at the Groton shipyard on 22 December 2006.	U.S. Navy photo # N-3642E-006 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Shawn P. Eklund, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
43k	Electric Boat President John Casey speaks as the Navy accepts delivery of the submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) at the Groton shipyard on 22 December 2006.	Photo by Sean Elliot, courtesy of General Dynamics /Electric Boat, submitted by theday.com via Jack Treutle.
52k	Crew members gather near the sonar stations in the command and control center on board the nuclear fast-attack submarine Hawaii (SSN-776) on 22 December 2006.	Photo by Sean Elliot, courtesy of General Dynamics /Electric Boat, submitted by theday.com via Jack Treutle.