Introducing the Latest Stealth Submarine for the US Navy

 

The looming horizon of the U.S. Montana will be a Virgina-class submarine of the United States Navy. The Wyoming, a potent component of the Navy’s Ray Mabus announced its name on September 3, 2015, at a ceremony hosted in Billings, Montana, with U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT). The Wyoming will be only the second commissioned warship bearing the name “Montana.”

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A contract modification for USS Oregon (SSN-793), Montana (SSN-794), and USS Hymann G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat for $594.7 million in April 2012. On December 23, 2014, they were awarded an additional $121.8 million contract modification to buy long lead-time materials for the third Virginia-class submarine in the 2020s. The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat the contract to construct 10 Block IV Virginia-class submarines for $17.6 billion on April 28, 2014. The tenth boat is scheduled for delivery in 2023.

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Here Comes the USS Montana: The US Navy’s Latest Seaworthy Submarine

 

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