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USS Texas (SSN 775)

The fourth ship in the Navy to carry the name "Texas", the USS TEXAS is the second VIRGINIA - class nuclear-powered attack submarine.

General Characteristics:Awarded: September 30, 1998
Keel laid: July 12, 2002
Launched: April 9, 2005
Commissioned: September 9, 2006
Builder: Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
Propellers: one
Length: 377 feet (115 meters)
Beam: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,950 tons      Submerged: approx. 7,800 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 25 knots      Submerged: approx. 32 knots
Armament: Tomahawk missiles from 12 VLS tubes, four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon, advanced mobile mines and unmanned undersea vehicles
Homeport: Groton, Conn.
Crew: 113


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS TEXAS. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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