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	TO NEW DEPTHS: The SSN-774 Attack Submarine
		The Virginia-class is in a class of its own, setting high standards for smaller attack submarines in the post-Cold War era.
		Along with the Seawolf, the Virginia is currently the quietest SSN in the world, using isolated deck structures (the entire control room is mounted on springs) and a sound-absorbent coating.
		Virginia was designed to fight terrorist threats close to the shore and in the deep sea, and with such defense and strike capacity, she is poised to be the new queen of the littorals -- just when they thought it was safe to go back in the water.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Virginia,,00.html (895 words)

	The Submarine Industrial Base Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The VIRGINIA nuclear submarine is the latest class of advanced capability fast attack submarine to be designed and delivered to the United States Navy.
		VIRGINIA was conceived in the early 1990s as the less expensive successor to the SEAWOLF submarine, which was designed to counter high performance Soviet submarines at the end of the Cold War.
		The VIRGINIA was designed after the Cold War had ended for a new threat environment – one which would predominately involve many smaller conflicts in the near shore environment known as the littorals.
	www.submarinesuppliers.org /currentprograms.html (793 words)

	USS Hawaii Press Release
		The ceremony was held at Bowfin Submarine Memorial Park, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii today, on the brink of the U.S. Navy's submarine centennial.
		The submarine is being named to recognize the tremendous support the Navy has enjoyed from the people and state of Hawaii, and in honor of the rich heritage of submarines in the Pacific.
		The Virginia Class submarine is the cornerstone of the force’s future.
	www.csp.navy.mil /usshawaii/release.htm (819 words)

	Submarine News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The capture of the U-505 submarine on June 4, 1944 gave the allies their first look inside of a german u-boat and the chance to see the technological advances of the Nazi war machine.
		Virginia is the Navy's first warship designed with the post-Cold War environment in mind and can maintain underwater warfare superiority in both the littorals and blue water.
		The CSS Hunley was the Confederate Navy's submarine.
	www.ssn649.net /submarine_news.html (1135 words)

	21stCentury
		Submariners, utilizing skills honed during the Cold War, contribute substantially to this mission requirement by conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance missions against a variety of current and potential future adversaries.
		Submarines are superb intelligence collection assests because their stealth and ability to remain on station for long periods of time often defeat a potential adversary's attempt to deny or deceive intelligence collection efforts.
		Well-operated submarines are not threatened by increasingly powerful missiles, weapons of mass destruction, and other treats to expeditionary forces which are expected to proliferate in the 21st Century. Since adversaries cannot reliably detect the presence of submarines, U.S. submarines can operate in heavily defended areas, detecting, reporting, and destroying any threats to U.S. forces.
	www.submarinehistory.com /21stCentury.html (504 words)

	Virginia class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) of attack submarines are the first U.S. subs to be designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions around the world.
		The Virginia class is built through an industrial arrangement designed to keep both Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Newport News (the only U.S. shipyards capable of building nuclear vessels) in the submarine-building business.
		Not only is Virginia the class name, but one of the construction facilities is located in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virginia_class_submarine (742 words)

	Naval Technology - NSSN Virginia Class - Attack Submarine
		The Virginia Class New Attack Submarine is an advanced stealth multi-mission nuclear powered submarine for deep ocean anti-submarine warfare and for littoral (shallow water) operations.
		Although the Seawolf submarine was developed to provide an eventual replacement for the US Navy Los Angeles Class submarines in combating the Soviet forces, the prohibitive unit cost and changing strategic requirements led to the US Navy defining a smaller new generation attack submarine.
		The submarine is equipped with 12 vertical missile launch tubes and four 533mm torpedo tubes.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/nssn (1090 words)

	PCU Virginia (SSN-774) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Virginia-class submarine is widely referred to as “the world’s most technologically advanced submarine,” and for those who are interested, a significant amount of technical information is readily available on her capabilities.
		Virginia’s sea trials are scheduled for March 2004; the second ship of the class, USS Texas (SSN-775), is currently on track for delivery in 2005.
		The Virginia class is well on its way to becoming the core of the attack submarine force of the future, and it is today’s submariners that have the opportunity to watch it all happen.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_11/pcu_virginia.html (1086 words)

	"Alternative QDR" Bonkers?
		Fast-attack submarines, subjected to their own unique stresses of use (diving to great depths and surfacing, repeatedly), also have a useful hull life of about 30 years.
		Speaking of weapons, the Virginia class torpedo tubes are significantly wider, 26.5 inches compared to 21 inches on the Los Angeles-class.
		Here too the Virginia class is a generation ahead of the remaining Los Angeles boats, especially in repressing “non-acoustic” signatures (optical, chemical, radar, magnetic, wake anomaly, etc.) which have become so important in anti-submarine warfare in the littorals.
	www.military.com /opinion/0,15202,86524,00.html (1039 words)

	washingtonpost.com: More Submarines Needed
		In his Oct. 12 op-ed column David Ignatius called the Virginia-class submarine program a "Cold War legacy," but in fact the Virginia class was designed for post-Cold War operations.
		The Virginia-class submarine is designed to operate and ensure access in the littorals, covertly performing multiple missions including intelligence and surveillance, strike operations, antisubmarine warfare, and Special Operations Forces delivery and support, while maintaining deep ocean dominance.
		The Virginia class is the planned replacement for Los Angeles-class submarines, which soon will be reaching retirement age, but the current build rate will not allow for full replacement of the remaining Los Angeles-class submarines before they are decommissioned.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A14664-2004Oct31?language=printer (193 words)

	Virginia-Class Submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Virginia-class is the most advanced submarine in the world.
		The 377-foot-long Virginia-class submarines are capable of submerged speeds of more than 25 knots and can stay submerged for up to three months at a time.
		is producing the Virginia-class submarines as part of a team with Electric Boat.
	www.northropgrumman.com /news/013004_va_class_sub.html (70 words)

	Submarine Display Models Page
		Models offers several classes of submarine models in a number of scales that are pre-finished with bases and in the higher end versions, covered with acrylic cases.
		An accurate 23" reproduction of the first ballistic missile submarine (FBM), the George Washington was the precursor to a long lineage of future SSBN submarines, culminating with the Ohio class Ballistic Missile Submarine.
		The Ohio Class submarine is the element to the balance of power in the world that is the wild card.
	www.fxmodels.com /submodels.shtml (1509 words)

	USS Virginia (SSN 774)
		The submarines in this class are the first US submarines designed for battlespace dominance across a broad spectrum of regional and littoral missions as well as open-ocean, "blue water" missions.
		The forward view of VIRGINIA denotes her leading the Submarine Force into a new century and onto a new and exciting course for the United States Navy.
		In keeping with the Commonwealth of Virginia’s motto, the words “Sic Semper Tyrannis” (Latin for “Thus Always To Tyrants”) appear at the bottom, which combined with the symbolism of the Commonwealth’s Seal, represents the triumph of Virtue over Tyranny.
	navysite.de /ssn/ssn774.htm (334 words)

	SSN-774 Virginia-class NSSN New Attack Submarine - Navy Ships
		The JCS Submarine Force Structure Study, completed in November 1999, concluded that the optimal force structure would be 68 attack submarines by 2015 and 76 by 2025, with the minimum being at least 55 by 2015 and 62 by 2025.
		To meet the goal for 18 Virginia class boats by 2015 and to meet the minimum goal of 62 boats by 2025 would require construction of roughly three subs a year.
		The Virginia Class—A New Submarine for the 21st Century by Patrick Connor NAVSEA's Deckplate Jan-Feb 1999 -- The military performance of the Virginia Class submarine will be comparable to that of the Seawolf Class, with significant improvement in littoral warfare capabilities and considerably less cost.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/nssn.htm (3013 words)

	The Submarine Industrial Base Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Beyond the slow rates of orders for their submarine related products they suffer from drastically rising health care, material, and energy costs and have to continually make decisions on whether to shift to more stable and profitable commercial product lines.
		The Virginia-class submarine is designed to operate and ensure access in the littorals, covertly performing multiple missions including intelligence and surveillance, strike operations, anti-submarine warfare, and Special Operations Forces delivery and support, while maintaining deep ocean dominance.
		Submarines, however, are not relics of the past.
	www.submarinesuppliers.org /mediacoverage.html (1219 words)

	GAO-03-895R, Multiyear Procurement Authority for the Virginia Class Submarine Program
		This is the accessible text file for GAO report number GAO-03-895R entitled 'Multiyear Procurement Authority for the Virginia Class Submarine Program' which was released on June 23, 2003.
		The Navy has asked Congress for authority to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for seven submarines to be authorized in fiscal years 2004 through 2008.[Footnote 1] Multiyear procurement contracts enable the contractor and the Navy to realize savings from economies of scale or manufacturing efficiencies.
		Advantages and Risks of Multiyear Procurement Authority for the Virginia Class Submarine: The main advantage of multiyear procurement authority for the Virginia class submarine is its potential to reduce the program's future costs by $805 million ($115 million per submarine).
	www.gao.gov /htext/d03895r.html (2052 words)

	The Flagship
		The submarine, being built at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., is 63 percent complete and scheduled to enter the fleet in 2007.
		Unlike any other submarine in the world, the Virginia class is specifically suited to operate both in the open ocean and close to shore where stealth is a primary concern.
		She will speak at the submarine’s keel laying, christening and commissioning; have her initials welded onto a metal plate affixed inside Hawaii, which marks the authentication of the submarine’s keel; and break a bottle of champagne against its hull at the christening ceremony, officially naming the ship.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2004/jun242004_8.shtml (368 words)

	Virginia Class Submarine Models
		Compared with the Seawolf, the Virginia Class SSN is slower, carries fewer weapons, and is less capable in diving depth and arctic operations.
		On the other hand, the Virginia Class is expected to be as quiet as the Seawolf, will incorporate a vertical launch system and have improved surveillance as well as special operations characteristics to enhance littoral warfare capability.
		The primary design driver for the Virginia Class SSN is acoustic quietness equal to that of the Seawolf, even at the cost of reducing maximum top speed.
	www.totalnavy.com /ssnvirginia.htm (277 words)

	USS Virginia Class Submarine Model - 1/192 Scale Mahogany Model - USN Nuclear Powered Sub
		Weighing in at approximately 7,800 tons with a length of 370 feet, Virginia is longer but lighter than the previous Seawolf-class of submarines.
		Virginia will be able to attack targets ashore with highly accurate Tomahawk cruise missiles and conduct covert long-term surveillance of land areas, littoral waters or other sea forces.
		The Virginia-class of attack submarines surpasses the performance of any current projected threat submarine, ensuring U.S. undersea dominance well into the next century.
	www.silentthundermodels.com /ship_models/virginia.html (334 words)

	Virginia Class Boats of all kinds!
		As far as the Virginia Class Submarine program, we have been involved in the program since its inception.
		This model is meant to be of the USS Virginia SSN774.
		The model is approximately 4 feet long, studded with detail, and was produced as a boardroom model for a very large contractor in the Virginia Submarine program.
	www.fxmodels.com /ussVirginia.shtml (610 words)

	The Flagship
		The first ship of the class, Virginia was delivered Oct. 12, 2004.
		Virginia is the first major combatant delivered to the U.S. Navy that was designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind.
		Becky Stewart, vice president of submarine programs for Northrop Grumman Newport News, was among 150 employees and 40 sailors who participated in the launch.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2005/apr142005_7.shtml (394 words)

	Radical Submarine Sail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The US submarine sail (conning tower) has not changed much over the course of the past 50 years.
		The shapes of the radical new sails are subject to less drag than earlier airfoil shapes used in submarine design.
		The 'Advanced Sail' and equipment enclosed within it will allow submarines to be more effective in near-shore or littoral operations.
	foxxaero.homestead.com /indsub_01.html (253 words)

	The VIRGINIA Class--A New Submarine for the 21st Century
		This next-generation submarine is the first U.S. submarine class to be designed for battlespace dominance across a broad spectrum of regional and littoral missions as well as open-ocean, “blue water” missions.
		The construction contract for the first four Virginia Class submarines was awarded on September 30, 1998, to Electric Boat Corporation, with Newport News Shipbuilding serving as the major subcontractor.
		The military performance of the Virginia Class submarine will be comparable to that of the Seawolf Class, with significant improvement in littoral warfare capabilities and considerably less cost.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/990100-nssn.htm (1201 words)

	DoD News: Navy Announces Virginia Class Submarine Contract Award
		The multi-year agreement is truly unique in providing the flexibility to adjust the quantity, but allowing that decision to be held until January of 2006, when the outyear budget picture is clear.
		Conversion of this contract to a multi-year is critical to the taxpayer because it will reduce the overall cost of each submarine compared to annual or block buys.
		The multi-year would apply to as many as seven submarines to be authorized from 2004 through 2008.
	www.dod.gov /releases/2003/nr20030814-0369.html (386 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Virginia-class submarines incorporate dozens of new technologies and innovations and are the first major combatants designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind.
		The first ship of the class, USS Virginia (SSN 774), was delivered in 2004 and is the first major combatant delivered to the U.S. Navy that was designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind.
		The most advanced attack submarines in history are the ships of Virginia Class.
	www.usstexas.org /news.htm (1227 words)

	FIRST VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE KEEL LAYING CEREMONY HELD US Department of Defense - Find Articles
		A keel laying ceremony for the lead ship in the Navy's new attack submarine class will be held Thursday, Sept. 2 at noon EDT.
		The Navy's next-generation attack submarine, the VIRGINIA class, will provide the U.S. Navy with the capability required to maintain the nation's undersea supremacy well into the 21st century.
		The VIRGINIA class attack submarines surpass the performance of any current or projected threat submarine, ensuring United States undersea dominance well into the next century.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pden/is_199909/ai_3043185239 (275 words)

	Hawaii Governor Signs Off on Third Virginia-class Submarine
		Linda Lingle of Hawaii left her mark on the third Virginia-class attack submarine when she, with the help of John Weiss, a GDEB welder, inscribed her initials into a metal plate, which will be affixed to the Precommissioning Unit Hawaii (SSN 776).
		The Virginia class is the first class of submarines designed specifically to meet the challenges of the post-Cold War era.
		“Virginia is the first and only Navy combatant ship designed specifically for missions after the Cold War that is ready for delivery today.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=14969 (527 words)

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