 |
||
|
HOME
|
US Navy -
ships
|
US Navy - air
units
|
USMC - air
units
|
International
Navies
|
Weapon Systems
|
Special Reports |
||
|
US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 781 - USS California |
||
|
||
| 09/24 | ||
|
Type, class: Attack
Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Virginia class (Block II) Builder: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (now HII) - Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA STATUS: Awarded: August 14, 2003 Laid down: May 1, 2009 Christened: November 6, 2010 Launched: November 14, 2010 Commissioned: October 29, 2011 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut Namesake: State of California Ships Motto: SILENTIUM EST AUREUM (silence is golden) Technical Data: see: INFO > Virginia class Attack Submarine - SSN |
||
| images | ||
 returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 14, 2024  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - February 14, 2024  transiting the Thames River, Connecticut - May 12, 2023  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - December 8, 2022  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - December 8, 2022  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - June 12, 2021  departing Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a scheduled maintenance period - June 6, 2021  departing Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine after a scheduled maintenance period - June 6, 2021  arriving at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine for scheduled maintenance and modernization - May 14, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - September 2018  Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) prepare an Mk-48 inert training torpedo during an expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  Sailors prepare the weapon loading skid for an Mk.48 inert training torpedo during an expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  Sailors guide an Mk.48 inert training torpedo into the weapon loading skid during an expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  Sailors guide an Mk.48 inert training torpedo into the weapon loading skid during an expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  Sailors guide an Mk.48 inert training torpedo into the weapon loading skid during an expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  Sailors conduct final checks on an Mk.48 inert training torpedo during an expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  expeditionary ordnance loading exercise onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain - January 2017  returning from its maiden deployment to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2015  returning from its maiden deployment to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2015  Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2013  Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2012  Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2012  commissioning preparations at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - October 2011  commissioning preparations at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - October 2011  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after acceptance trials - October 2011  September 2011  September 2011  acceptance trials - September 2011  September 2011  September 2011  sea trials - June 2011  undated  christening ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - November 6, 2010  pressure hull complete - May 2010  keel laying ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - May 1, 2009 |
||
|
USS California (SSN 781): history wanted ... |
||
|
California ... is a state in the Western United States. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39.5 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous and the third-largest U.S. state by area. It is also the most populated subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7 million residents and the latter having over 9.6 million. Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state and the second most populous city in the country (after New York City). Los Angeles County is the country's most populous, while San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the country. San Francisco, which is both a city and a county, is the second most densely populated major city in the country (after New York City) and the fifth most densely populated county in the country, behind four of New York City's five boroughs. |
||
| patches + more | ||
  |
||
|
|
seaforces.org |
USN ships
start page | |