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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 783 - USS Minnesota |
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Type, class: Attack
Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Virginia class (Block II) Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA STATUS: Awarded: August 14, 2003 Laid down: May 20, 2011 Christened: October 27, 2012 Launched: November 3, 2012 Commissioned: September 7, 2013 IN SERVICE Homeport: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Namesake: State of Minnesota Ships Motto: EX SEPTENTRIO VIRTUS (from the north star, power) Technical Data: see: INFO > Virginia class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - September 6, 2024  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - September 6, 2024  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - September 6, 2024  during Exercise RIMPAC 24 - July 2024  departing Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) for sea trials after an extended docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA) almost 25 months ago - June 20, 2024  departing Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) for sea trials after an extended docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA) almost 25 months ago - June 20, 2024  departing Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) for sea trials after an extended docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA) almost 25 months ago - June 20, 2024  at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) - May 7, 2024  undocking at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) after an Extended Docking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA) - October 12, 2023  arriving at her new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - March 17, 2022  arriving at her new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - March 17, 2022  departing Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 6, 2022  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - November 26, 2021  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - November 26, 2021  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - November 26, 2021  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - December 20, 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - December 2019  Mk.48 ADCAP torpedo onload at Haakonsvern Naval Base, Norway - October 2019  Mk.48 ADCAP torpedo onload at Haakonsvern Naval Base, Norway - October 2019  Mk.48 ADCAP torpedo onload at Haakonsvern Naval Base, Norway - October 2019  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - March 2018  returning to Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - March 2018  arriving at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2014  arriving at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - January 2014  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - January 2014  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - January 2014  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - January 2014  commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 7, 2013  commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 7, 2013  commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 7, 2013  commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 7, 2013  commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 7, 2013  August 2013  August 2013  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2013  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2013  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2013  Port Canaveral, Florida - August 2013  August 2013  Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 2013  June 2013  trials - May 2013  trials - May 2013  trials - May 2013  preparations for launching ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - November 1, 2012  christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - October 27, 2012  christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - October 27, 2012  final outfitting at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - October 2012  final outfitting at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - October 2012  under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - May 2012  keel laying ceremony at Huntington Ingalls - Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - May 20, 2011  keel laying ceremony at Huntington Ingalls - Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia - May 20, 2011 |
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USS Minnesota (SSN 783): After commissioning, Minnesota remained at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyards in Groton, CT for over two years. A broken pipe joint was discovered in the vessel's nuclear reactor. The pipe had been tampered with in order to make the part appear within specifications. Although a failure of the pipe would not result in a reactor incident, it would affect the reactor's ability to produce steam used for propulsion. The same issue has been discovered on two other boats in the class. A Navy investigation determined that two other ships had the same issue, and the U.S. Justice Department commenced an investigation of the contractor responsible for the defective parts. On 27 May 2016, Minnesota left the Electric Boat shipyards for her home port, Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT, to prepare for fleet operations. |
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Minnesota ... is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.7 million residents. Minnesota's geography consists of western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. A little more than half of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. The Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other Minnesota minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. Cloud. |
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