11/21/2023 0 Comments Virginia class submarine weapons![]() General Dynamics Electric Boat is understandably proud of their work on Colorado. The Navy and the submarine industrial base have worked hard to reduce the cost of buying and maintaining the Virginia-class submarines as they try to ramp up the production of attack boats to meet an SSN shortfall. The future USS Colorado under construction in March 2016Photo via USS Colorado Commissioning Committee/Wikimedia Commons The Block III vessels also replace the traditional air-backed sonar dome with a new horseshoe-shaped water-backed Large Aperture Bow (LAB) sonar array, which not only more capable but also more reliable. Each payload tube is capable of launching six Tomahawk cruise missiles-or they could be used to house other payloads in the future. “The Colorado is the most capable Virginia-class submarine bringing advanced capabilities and technology to the Navy fleet.”Īccording to NAVSEA, Colorado is the fifth of eight planned Virginia-class Block III submarines, which feature a redesigned bow where 12 individual vertical launch tubes which are replaced with two large-diameter Virginia Payload Tubes. Mike Stevens, Naval Sea Systems Command’s Virginia-class submarine program manager said. The submarine’s outstanding quality continues the program’s tradition of delivering combat-ready submarines to the fleet,” Capt. “Colorado’s delivery brings another Block III Virginia-class submarine to the fleet within budget. Unlike many other defense programs, the vessel was completed on time and on budget. Colorado will be formally commissioned into service early next year in the spring. The new nuclear-powered submarine is the fifteenth Virginia–class vessel to be completed. ![]() Navy took delivery of its newest Virginia-class attack submarine-the future USS Colorado (SSN-788).
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