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Missouri (SSN-780)

Virginia Class Attack Submarine: Named USS Missouri (SSN-780) on 30 January 2009; Construction began in December 2004 at Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn. Keel Authentication Ceremony 27 September 2008 at Quonset Point, RI.

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.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
21k	Missouri (SSN-780) under construction, June 2009.	Photo courtesy of nn.northropgrumman.com.
51k	An overall view of the Missouri (SSN-780) keel-laying ceremony at Quonset Point. At the podium is U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.	Photo courtesy of gdeb.com. Photo added 10/02/08.
561k	Caesar De Sanpo Sr. welds the initials of Mrs. Rebecca W. Gates, left, into the keel of PCU Missouri (SSN-780) as Electric Boat president John Casey looks on at the sub's keel-laying ceremony at Electric Boats Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown R.I. on 27 Sept 2009. Mrs. Gates, the wife of U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, has been named the ship's sponsor.	U.S. Navy photo # N-8467N-001 courtesy of news.navy.mil. by John Narewsk via Ron Reeves.
40k	At the conclusion of the keel-laying ceremony, Electric Boat President John Casey, Missouri (SSN-780) Ship Sponsor Rebecca Gates, and Quonset Point welder Caesar DeSanto gather round a steel plate with Mrs. Gates' welded initials. The plate will be affixed in the submarine *Missouri* .	Photo courtesy of gdeb.com.
76k	Missouri (SSN-780) sits outside catching a breath of fresh air.	Photo courtesy of connectmidmissouri.com.
197k	The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus stands underneath the hull of the attack submarine Missouri (SSN-780) while touring General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton on 23 Sept. 2009	U.S. Navy photo # N-5549O-161 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien, courtesy of news.navy.mil. Photo added 09/25/09.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Missouri (SSN-780) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The VIRGINIA Class America's Next Submarine
The Virginia Class—A New Submarine for the 21st Century
SSN-774 Virginia-class NSSN New Attack Submarine Centurion
NSSN VIRGINIA CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE, USA

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