USS Colorado (SSN-788)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Colorado.

USS Colorado (SSN-788) is a nuclear powered United States Navy Virginia-class attack submarine, named for the State of Colorado. She is the fifteenth of her class and fifth of the significantly redesigned Block III, including a revised bow and VLS technology from the Ohio class of guided missile submarines.^[7] She was constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia, with the initial contract awarded on 22 December 2008.

A sailor using an Xbox 360 controller to control the photonic masts of the USS Colorado (SSN-788) in 2018. It is the first submarine to use this tens of dollar controller instead of Lockheed Martin's billed joystick $38,000.

USS Colorado (SSN-788)

USS Colorado (SSN-788) in March 2018
History
United States
Namesake	The State of Colorado
Awarded	22 December 2008
Builder	Electric Boat
Cost	~$2.6 billion[1]
Laid down	7 March 2015
Launched	29 December 2016
Sponsored by	Annie Mabus[2]
Christened	3 December 2016[3]
Commissioned	17 March 2018[4]
Homeport	Groton, Connecticut
Motto	Terra Marique Indomita (By land and sea, untamed)
Status	Active Service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement	7800 tons light, 7800 tons full
Length	114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam	10.3 meters (34 feet)
Installed power	40,000 SHP
Propulsion	S9G reactor
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)[5]
Range	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth	greater than 800 feet (240 meters)[6]
Complement	134 officers and men[5]
Armament	4 21-inch torpedo tubes, 2 Virginia Payload Tubes, capable of holding 6 Tomahawk missiles each for a total of 38 weapons

The official naming ceremony was on 25 June 2012.^[8] Her keel was laid down on 7 March 2015 and she was christened and launched on 3 December 2016.^[3] Her sponsor is Annie Mabus, daughter of former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus^[2] She was commissioned on 17 March 2018.^[4]

References

1. "About - USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning Committee". Usscoloradocommittee.org. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
2. "Ship's Sponsor - USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning Committee". Usscoloradocommittee.org. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
3. "Navy christens submarine USS Colorado in shipyard ceremony". Groton. Associated Press. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
4. "USS Colorado Commissioned" (Press release). United States Navy. 17 March 2018. NNS180317-01. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
5. Dan Petty. "The US Navy - Fact File: Attack Submarines - SSN". United States Navy. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
6. John Pike. "SSN-774 Virginia-class NSSN New Attack Submarine". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
7. "Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow". Retrieved 20 May 2008.
8. "Navy Secretary to Host USS Colorado Naming Ceremony". United States Navy. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
• "An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2013 Shipbuilding Plan" (PDF). Congressional Budget Office. July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2015.