USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827)

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

USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827) will be the second Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. She is the third vessel of the United States Navy to be named after the state of Wisconsin.^[2] The previous name holder was the Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64), which decommissioned in 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 2006.^[3]

USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827)

Graphic artist concept (2012)
History
United States
Name	Wisconsin
Namesake	The state of Wisconsin
Laid down	Planned for FY 2024[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Columbia-class submarine
Type	Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)
Installed power	Nuclear reactor

Naming and construction

On October 28, 2020, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced that the second Columbia-class submarine would bear the name Wisconsin.^[4] This came from a bipartisan push from U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson,^[5] who cited Wisconsin's history of shipbuilding as a reason to name a new submarine after the state.^[6][7] Construction of the Wisconsin is scheduled for fiscal year 2024.

The Columbia-class submarines are set to replace the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine. Construction of the lead boat USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) officially began on October 1, 2020. She is scheduled to enter service in 2031.^[8]