Construction on the US Navy’s new nuclear-powered Virginia Class submarine (SSN 787) has begun at Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat in Groton, US.
The yet to be named fourth vessel of a third block of the submarines built by Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) is part of navy’s two-submarine-a-year basis plan.
The Virginia Class submarines are designed to conduct anti-submarine, anti-surface, strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, irregular warfare and mine warfare missions.
The US Navy has commissioned seven vessels to date and plans to acquire a total of 30 submarines.
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