USS New Hampshire (SSN-778)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS New Hampshire |
| Namesake | The State of New Hampshire |
| Ordered | 14 August 2003 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 30 April 2007 |
| Launched | 21 February 2008 |
| Christened | 21 June 2008 |
| Commissioned | 25 October 2008 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Identification | MMSI number: 369970008 |
| Motto | "Live Free or Die" |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Virginia-class submarine |
| Displacement | 7,800 tons |
| Length | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years |
| Test depth | 800 ft (244 m) |
| Complement | 134 (14 officers, 120 enlisted) |
| Armament | 12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) & 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo) |
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USS New Hampshire (SSN-778), a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New Hampshire. She is the first of the Virginia-class Block-II submarines to enter service. Her name was awarded to the submarine after a letter-writing campaign by the third-graders from Garrison Elementary School and sixth graders from Dover Middle School in Dover to their members of Congress, the state governor, and the Secretary of the Navy.