{"id":20664,"date":"2025-11-22T19:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=20664"},"modified":"2025-11-22T19:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:02:23","slug":"u-s-navy-takes-delivery-of-virginia-class-submarine-massachusetts-after-successful-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=20664","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Takes Delivery Of Virginia-Class Submarine Massachusetts After Successful Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Navy Takes Delivery Of Virginia-Class Submarine Massachusetts After Successful Trials
\n \t

\n
<\/BR>
\n
\n \t

\n
<\/BR><\/p>\n

\n
\"U.S.<\/div>\n
\"SSN
Image Credits: HII\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n

The submarine completed its sea trials in October and was officially handed over on 21 November, according to both the Navy and industry officials.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts is the 12th Virginia-class submarine delivered by HII\u2019s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and the 25th produced under the long-running partnership between NNS and General Dynamics Electric Boat.<\/p>\n

It is also the fifth U.S. Navy vessel to carry the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"Submarine\"
Image Credits: HII\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NNS President Kari Wilkinson said through a company announcement that handing over the submarine after its demanding trials represented an important commitment fulfilled for the year.<\/p>\n

She added that the team remained firmly focused on increasing the pace of submarine production, viewing this delivery as a meaningful step towards that objective.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts was built using modular construction across NNS in Virginia and Electric Boat\u2019s yard in Groton, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

More than 10,000 shipbuilders from both yards worked on the submarine, supported by thousands of suppliers across the United States, including over 20 based in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"U.S.
Image Credits: HII\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine was christened in May 2023, with Sheryl Sandberg, founder of Lean In and former chief operating officer of Meta, serving as the ship\u2019s sponsor.<\/p>\n

According to Naval Sea Systems Command, Massachusetts will be commissioned in Boston Harbour. While the commissioning committee has not yet confirmed a date, the ceremony is scheduled for spring 2026.<\/p>\n

The delivery of Massachusetts follows a series of recent milestones for the U.S. Navy, which has also commissioned the final Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, accepted a future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, and christened another Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Utah (SSN-801).<\/p>\n

References: HII, USNI<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\t

\n
<\/BR>
\n MI News Network
\n \t

\n
<\/BR>
\nGo to marine insight<\/a>
\n \t

\n
<\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Navy Takes Delivery Of Virginia-Class Submarine Massachusetts After Successful Trials Image Credits: HII\/Facebook American shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy. The submarine completed its sea trials in October and was officially handed over on 21 November, according to both the Navy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-20664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}