| USS John Warner (SSN-785) | |
|---|---|
 An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway. | |
| Career | |
| Name: | USS JOHN WARNER |
| Namesake: | John Warner |
| Awarded: | 12/22/2008 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | April 2009 |
| Sponsored by: | Jeanne Warner |
| Status: | Ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Virginia-class submarine |
| Type: | Nuclear-Powered Submarine |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tonnes (7,700 long tons) |
| Length: | 114.9 m (377 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Propulsion: | S9G reactor |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[1] |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Complement: | 127 Sailors |
| Crew: | 13 Officers and 104 Enlisted [2] |
| Armament: |
12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) & 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo) |
USS JOHN WARNER (SSN-785) will be a Virginia-class submarine. She will be the first in the class to be named after a person;[3] the previous 11 were named after states. John Warner was originally to be built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. Recent announcement "John Warner (SSN 785)". http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/products/subs/warner. by Huntington Ingalls Industries- Newport News Shipbuilding anticipates keel laying in 2013 in Newport News, Virginia and delivery scheduled in 2015. This ship is the second of the Block III subs, which will have a revised bow and some technology from Ohio-class cruise missile submarines.[4]
Her name was announced on January 8, 2009,[5] five days after John Warner, a Republican from Virginia, retired after serving 30 years as a United States Senator. John Warner is one of a few U.S. Navy vessels to be named for a living person and only the sixth American nuclear-powered submarine with this distinction. The previous five are USS George Washington (SSBN-598), USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), a Los Angeles-class submarine, USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730), an Ohio-class submarine, USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class submarine and the USS Glenard P.Libscomb (SSN-685), a unique class of submarine. Construction began on April 29, 2009 with the keel laying ceremony being held on March 16, 2013. In March 2013, the submarine was reportedly about 59% complete.[6]
The ships sponsor is Sen. Warner's own wife Jeanne Warner.
Command staff[]
The following is the current command staff.[7]
- Commanding Officer: CDR Dan Caldwell
- Executive Officer: LCDR Douglas Dreese
- Chief of the Boat: CSCS (SS) Oscar Veneszee
- Engineer: LCDR Aaron Coudray
- Engineering Department Master Chief: MMCM (SS) Jimmy Hall
- Navigator: LCDR Brian Souder
Command Officers
- LT Mike Dahlgren
- LT Chris Roche
- LT Ben Dorsch
- LTJG Marshall Osbey
Command Chief Petty Officers
- Medical Department Representative: HMCS (SS/SW/AW/EXW) Larry Flint
- 3M Coordinator: MMCS (SS) Bill Jenkins
- Assistant Navigator: ETC (SS/IDW) Mark Eichenlaub
- Leading Yeoman: YNC (SS) Brian Smith
- Reactor Controls: ETCS (SS) Jimmy Baxter
- Machinery: MMC (SS) Jeff Steuben
- Electrical: EMC (SS) Dave Speer
- Communications: ETC (SS) Amikilar "Mike" Ortiz
- Navigation: ETC (SS) Jake Adams
- Network: ITSC (SS) Brian Beach
- Sonar: STSC (SS) Tom Stone
- Fire Control: FTC (SS) Adam Sassi
- Torpedo: MMC (SS) Mike Torres
- Supply: LSC (SS) Brett Adams
- Culinary: CSC (SS) Jason Smith
Specifications[]
- Builders: GD Electric Boat and HII Newport News
- Length: 377 ft (114.91 m)
- Beam: 34 ft (10.36 m)
- Displacement: 7,800 long tons (7,900 t)
- Payload: 40 weapons, special operations forces, unmanned undersea vehicles, Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS)
- Propulsion: The S9G nuclear reactor, 29.8 MW delivering 40,000 shaft horse power.[8] Nuclear core life estimated at 33 years.[9]
References[]
- ↑ "US Navy Fact File". US Navy Fact File. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=100&ct=4.
- ↑ "USS John Warner". NVR. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/SSN785.htm.
- ↑ "About the Submarine". Huntington Ingalls Industries. http://nns.huntingtoningalls.com/warner/index. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ↑ "Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow". http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/virginia-block-iii-the-revised-bow-04159/. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ↑ "Navy Names Virginia Class Submarine USS John Warner". DefenseLink.mil. 8 January 2009. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12431. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ↑ "Huntington Ingalls Industries". Globenewswire.com. 2013-03-16. http://www.globenewswire.com/newsarchive/hii/pages/news_releases.html?d=10025444. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ "PCU John Warner 785". US Navy Commander, Submarine Group Two. http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/csg2/Pages/USSJohnWarner.aspx. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ↑ http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/~ernesto/F2010/EP2/Materials4Students/Misiaszek/NuclearMarinePropulsion.pdf
- ↑ "U.S. Naval Reactors". http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Nuclear/US_Naval_Reactors.htm. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
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