USS Mississippi (SSN-782)

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

USS Mississippi (SSN-782) is a Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the state of Mississippi. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003. Mississippi's keel was laid down on 9 June 2010.^[7] Mississippi was christened on 3 December 2011 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. Allison Stiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is the ship's sponsor. The submarine was commissioned at a ceremony on 2 June 2012 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.^{[8][9][10][11]} SSN-782 was delivered 12 months ahead of schedule and $60 million below planned cost.^[12]

Mississippi arrives at Pearl Harbor, 25 November 2014.
History
Name	USS Mississippi
Namesake	State of Mississippi
Awarded	14 August 2003
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Cost	$2.6 billion
Laid down	9 June 2010
Sponsored by	Allison Stiller
Christened	3 December 2011
Commissioned	2 June 2012 in Pascagoula, MS
Homeport	Naval Station Pearl Harbor[1]
Motto	Latin "Virtute Et Armis" English "By Valor and Arms"
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement	7800 tons light, 7800 tons full
Length	114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam	10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion	1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor[2] 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%[3][4] 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW) 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor[2] 1 × secondary propulsion motor[2]
Speed	25+ knots (46 km/h)[5]
Range	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth	800+ feet (250 meters)[6]
Complement	132 officers and men[5]

On 25 November 2014, Mississippi arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the ship is permanently assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 of the United States Pacific Fleet.^[13]