After Asheville simulated an underwater launch, a Cessna 206 test aircraft flew over the area of operations with the Sea Ferret attached to its underside. In December 1996, Asheville served as a trials platform for the Northrop Grumman Sea Ferret reconnaissance drone. After a highly successful testing period the system was removed during overhaul in 2003. The system is used for target detection, mine avoidance, and bottom navigation.
Dorothy Helms, and commissioned on 28 September 1991.Īsheville was fitted with a developmental Advanced Mine Detection System (AMDS) high-frequency active sonar array with transmitters and receivers in the sail and in a disc-shaped chin sonar dome beneath the hull at the bow. She was launched on 24 February 1990, sponsored by Mrs. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 9 January 1987. She is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina. USS Asheville (SSN-758), is a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine.
Submerged: +20 knots (23 mph 37 km/h) (official)īQQ-5 passive sonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, WLR-8 fire control radar receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder Ĥ × 21 in (533 mm) bow tubes, 10 Mk48 ADCAP torpedo reloads, Tomahawk land attack missile block 3 SLCM range 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km), Harpoon anti–surface ship missile range 70 nautical miles (130 km), mine laying Mk67 mobile Mk60 captor mines 1 × secondary propulsion motor 325 hp (242 kW).1 × S6G PWR nuclear reactor with D2W core (165 MW), HEU 93.5%.More information about the Virginia-class Attack Submarines is available online here.Īdditional information about the Naval History of Montana can be found online here.Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock CompanyĦ000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at (703) 697-5342. They are replacing older Los Angeles Class submarines as they retire. Their inherent stealth, endurance, mobility and firepower directly enable them to support five of the six maritime strategy core capabilities – sea control, power projection, forward presence, maritime security and deterrence. Virginia Class submarines are built to operate in the world's littoral and deep waters while conducting anti-submarine warfare anti-surface ship warfare strike warfare special operation forces support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance irregular warfare and mine warfare missions. She was decommissioned in 1921.Ĭonstruction of the current Montana began April 2015 and is the third of the ten Block IV Virginia Class submarines. She served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, landed Marines during unrest in Haiti in 1914 and escorted convoys during World War I. The first USS Montana (ACR-13), an armored cruiser, was also built at Newport News Shipbuilding and commissioned July 1908. She will be the second commissioned warship bearing the name. The future USS Montana (SSN 794) honors the Treasure State. I am confident USS Montana and her crew will ensure our Navy remains safe and strong to proudly serve our nation’s interest for decades to come.” “She stands as proof of what teamwork – from civilian to contractor to military – can accomplish. “The future USS Montana will play an important role in the defense of our nation and maritime freedom,” said Slavonic. In a time-honored Navy tradition, she will christen the ship by breaking a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow and state, “in the name of the United States I christen thee.” Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the United States Department of Interior, will serve as the ship’s sponsor. The principal speaker will be Under Secretary of the Navy (Acting) Gregory J. 12, 2020, at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, in Newport News, Virginia.
The Navy will christen one of its newest attack submarines, the future USS Montana (SSN 794), during a 10 a.m.
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