USS Indiana (SSN-789)

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

USS *Indiana* (SSN-789)
History
An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway.
USA
Name:	USS Indiana
Awarded:	22 December 2008
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down:	16 May 2015^[1]
Sponsored by:	Diane Donald
Motto:	"Silent Victors"
Status:	under construction
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)
Propulsion:	S9G reactor
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h)^[2]
Range:	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth:	greater than 800 feet (240 meters)^[3]
Complement:	134 officers and men^[2]

USS Indiana (SSN-789) will be a Virginia-class submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This ship is the sixth of the Block III subs which will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.^[4]

References

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.

Virginia-class submarines

Block 1	Virginia Texas Hawaii North Carolina

Block 2	New Hampshire New Mexico Missouri California Mississippi Minnesota

Block 3	North Dakota John Warner Illinois Washington Colorado Indiana South Dakota Delaware

Block 4	Vermont Oregon Montana Hyman G. Rickover New Jersey Iowa Massachusetts Idaho Arkansas Utah

Preceded by: Seawolf class Followed by: None

List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy

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