Columbia-class submarine

From The Galactic Republic
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Columbia-class submarine
Columbia-class submarine concept.png
Graphic artist concept (1712)
Class overview
Builders: Global Dynamics Electric Boat,
Bangor, Washington
Operators:
 United States
     ↳ United States Navy
Preceded by: Ohio-class submarine
Building: 1
Planned:
General characteristics
Type: Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)
Displacement: 20,810 metric tons (20,000 long tons)
Length: 561 feet (171 m)
Beam: 43 feet (13 m)
Draft: 38 feet (12 m)
Installed power: S2B reactor 48,000 shp (36 MW)
Propulsion: Nuclear reactor, turbo-electric drive,
pump-jet
Speed: 25 knots (46 kph) or over
Range: Unlimited
Endurance: Only limited by food and
maintenance requirements.
Test depth: +800 ft (240 m)
Complement:

155

  • 15 officers
  • 140 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
Enlarged version of
Virginia LAB sonar
Armament:

The Columbia-class, also known as the SSBN-801 class, is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine in service with the United States Navy.

Overview[edit | edit source]

XXXX

History[edit | edit source]

XXXX

General characteristics[edit | edit source]

XXXX

Power plant[edit | edit source]

XXXX

Electric drive[edit | edit source]

XXXX

Common missile compartment[edit | edit source]

XXXX

Armament[edit | edit source]

Each Columbia-class SSBN will be equipped with twenty-four (24) UGM-183 Trident III (“Trident E6”) SLBMs, each of which is armed with ten (10) MARVed thermonuclear warheads: Each submarine is to be armed with two hundred forty (240) warheads; and the Columbia-class fleetwide nuclear arsenal is expected to top out at 4,320 warheads.

Ships in class[edit | edit source]

Ships in this class are named after States; there are to be twenty-four of them; and the first to be built is the USS Arizona (SSBN-801). SSBN-801 will be the fourth ship in the United States Navy to bear the name “Arizona”; the first since the destruction of the USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship, during the December 7, 1641 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan; and both the first submarine and the first ballistic missile submarine to be named after the State of Arizona.

REPLACE WITH TABLE:

USS Arizona (SSBN-801)[edit | edit source]

Emblem of the USS Arizona (SSBN-801)

Main article: USS Arizona (SSBN-801)
See also: USS Arizona (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Arizona
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-801

XXXX

USS California (SSBN-802)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS California (SSBN-802)
See also: USS California (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of California
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-802

XXXX

USS Colorado (SSBN-803)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Colorado (SSBN-803)
See also: USS Colorado (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Colorado
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-803

XXXX

USS Hawaiʻi (SSBN-804)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Hawaiʻi (SSBN-804)
See also: USS Hawaiʻi (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Hawaiʻi
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-804

XXXX

USS Idaho (SSBN-805)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Idaho (SSBN-805)
See also: USS Idaho (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Idaho
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-805

XXXX

USS Kansas (SSBN-806)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Kansas (SSBN-806)
See also: USS Kansas (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Kansas
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-806

XXXX

USS Montana (SSBN-807)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Montana (SSBN-807)
See also: USS Montana (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Montana
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-807

XXXX

USS Nebraska (SSBN-808)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Nebraska (SSBN-808)
See also: USS Nebraska (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Nebraska
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-808

XXXX

USS Nevada (SSBN-809)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Nevada (SSBN-809)
See also: USS Nevada (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Nevada
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-809

XXXX

USS New Mexico (SSBN-810)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS New Mexico (SSBN-810)
See also: USS New Mexico (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of New Mexico
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-810

XXXX

USS North Dakota (SSBN-811)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS North Dakota (SSBN-811)
See also: USS North Dakota (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of North Dakota
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-811

XXXX

USS Oklahoma (SSBN-812)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Oklahoma (SSBN-812)
See also: USS Oklahoma (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Oklahoma
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-812

XXXX

USS Oregon (SSBN-813)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Oregon (SSBN-813)
See also: USS Oregon (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Oregon
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-813

XXXX

USS South Dakota (SSBN-814)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS South Dakota (SSBN-814)
See also: USS South Dakota (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of South Dakota
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-814

XXXX

USS Texas (SSBN-815)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Texas (SSBN-815)
See also: USS Texas (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Texas
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-815

XXXX

USS Utah (SSBN-816)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Utah (SSBN-816)
See also: USS Utah (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Utah
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-816

XXXX

USS Washington (SSBN-817)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Washington (SSBN-817)
See also: USS Washington (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Washington
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-817

XXXX

USS Wyoming (SSBN-818)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Wyoming (SSBN-818)
See also: USS Wyoming (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Wyoming
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX

USS Alaska (SSBN-819)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Alaska (SSBN-819)
See also: USS Alaska (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Alaska
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX

USS Arkansas (SSBN-820)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Arkansas (SSBN-820)
See also: USS Arkansas (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Arkansas
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX

USS Iowa (SSBN-821)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Iowa (SSBN-821)
See also: USS Iowa (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Iowa
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX

USS Louisiana (SSBN-822)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Louisiana (SSBN-822)
See also: USS Louisiana (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Louisiana
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX

USS Minnesota (SSBN-823)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Minnesota (SSBN-823)
See also: USS Minnesota (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Minnesota
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX

USS Missouri (SSBN-824)[edit | edit source]

128px

Main article: USS Missouri (SSBN-824)
See also: USS Missouri (disambiguation)
Namesake: State of Missouri
Website: link://navy.dmna.usna.gov/local/ssbn-818

XXXX