USS Vermont (SSN-792) explained
USS Vermont (SSN-792) is a nuclear powered attack submarine in the United States Navy. She is the 19th boat of the class and the third vessel of the Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Vermont. Then Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, announced her name on 18 September 2014.[1]
Vermont was part of a construction contract, worth billion, awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat to build ten Virginia-class submarines, the first of the Block IV type.[2]
On 20 October 2018, Vermont was christened with a bottle of Vermont sparkling apple wine during a ceremony held at the Electric Boat facility in Groton, Connecticut.[3] She was delivered to the Navy on 17 April 2020, and commissioned on 18 April 2020.[4]
On July 27, 2023, Vermont arrived in her new home port of Pearl Harbor, HI. The submarine is assigned under Submarine Squadron ONE.[5]
Service history
In December 2020, Vermont sailed to Brazil to attend the launch of Brazilian Navy submarine and perform an exercise with submarine Tupi[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: SECNAV Names Virginia-class Submarine, USS Vermont . . 18 September 2014 . October 13, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218110148/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83391 . 2014-12-18.
- Web site: About the Virginia class . Joakim Kasper . Oestergaard Balle . November 10, 2014 . Barr Group Aerospace . April 8, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150630061444/https://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Defense/Virginia-Class-Submarine.html . 2015-06-30.
- News: Putney sparkling wine to christen USS Vermont . Smallheer . Susan . 2018-10-17 . The Brattleboro Reformer . 2018-10-24.
- Web site: General Dynamics Electric Boat delivers Vermont submarine to Navy . Christen . McCurdy . April 17, 2020 . UPI . April 18, 2020.
- Web site: USS Vermont Arrives at New Homeport in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam . 2023-10-15 . U.S. Pacific Fleet . en-US.
- Web site: USS Vermont (SSN 792) atracado na nova base de submarinos da Marinha do Brasil . Luiz . Padilha . 10 December 2020 . Defesa Aérea & Naval . pt-BR.