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Minnesota (SSN-783)

Virginia Class Attack Submarine: Named PCU Minnesota (SSN-783) construction began at Northrop Grumman Newport News in February, 2008. The ship was named on 15 July 2008 and is expected to be delivered in 2014.

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
886k	A cut out of the Virginia class (SSN-774) submarine characteristics.	Courtesy of csp.navy.mil.
59k	Minnesota (SSN-783) under construction, August 2009.	Courtesy of nn.northropgrumman.com.
77k	This is the first photo of any component going into the new Minnesota (SSN-783) currently being built. It's a new sort of missile launch tube -- Two of these babies can do what a dozen of the old sort of missile tubes could do. I wish I could explain how, but can't say for sure. I'm guessing they either hold six missiles per tube, or have a reloading system of some sort.	Courtesy of areavoices.com.
133k	Minnesota (SSN-783) under construction. You can see that this photo was taken in Autumn 2010 by the changing hues of the metal.	Photo courtesy of sb.northropgrumman.com via Bill Gonyo.
351k	Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, hosted a keel laying ceremony today, 20 May 2011, for the pre-commissioning unit Minnesota (SSN-783), a submarine named for the North Star State. Ellen Roughead, Minnesota native and wife of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, is the ship's sponsor and served as the keel authenticator for the ceremony. She authenticated the keel by chalking her initials onto a metal plate. Her initials were then welded onto the plate, which will be permanently affixed to the ship.	Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding via Bill Gonyo.
295k	A welder inscribes the initials of ship's sponsor Ellen Roughead during the keel laying ceremony for the attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Minnesota (SSN-783) at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding on 20 May 2011.	Photo # N-NC292-200 courtesy of navy.mil via Bill Gonyo.
628k	Ellen Roughead, wife of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, and sponsor or the tenth Virginia-class submarine Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) *Minnesota*, delivers her remarks during the boat's keel laying ceremony.	Photo # N-ZB612-258 by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst courtesy of navy.mil via Bill Gonyo.
482k	Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead, and the ship's sponsor, Ellen Roughead, thank crew members and their families at the keel laying ceremony of the Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Minnesota (SSN-783) in Newport News, Va.	Photo # N-ZB612-424 by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst courtesy of navy.mil via Bill Gonyo.
416k	Stern section of thr pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) *Minnesota* under construction.	Photo # 10521 courtesy of globenewswire.com & huntingtoningalls.com via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 01/14/12.
1.00k	Stern section of thr pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) *Minnesota* under construction.	Photo # 10522 courtesy of globenewswire.com & huntingtoningalls.com via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 01/14/12.

There is no DANFS History currently available for Minnesota (SSN-783) 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
HISTORIC SUBMARINE DOCUMENTARY AND TRAINING FILMS
Making a Submarine - General Dynamics

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