The $2 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN-780) is being put together in Groton, Ct, and will be christened later this year. It is the fifth ship to bear the name, including the last battleship built in the US, where the Japanese surrender was signed ending World War II. Presently, it is a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, tied up several hundred yards from the USS Arizona. In a short space, you have where World War II began for the US and where it ended.
It is a Virginia-class submarine and plans eventually call for 30 of them. Armament includes torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.
Right now, it is in nine sections and will be slightly longer than a football field. It will be 377 feet long, 34 feet wide and can dive to depths of up to 800 feet. The crew will consist of 134 enlisted and 14 officers. To the top of the tower, it is six stories.
Of interest, the Hermann, Missouri-based Stone Hill Winery which made the wine used to christen the 1901 USS Missouri, has offered to do the same. Now, that's a bit of history.
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