Search the Site with
|
Search the Site with
|
General Characteristics Crew List Memorabilia Construction Gallery Image Gallery to end of page |  |
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: Pearl Harbor, HI. | |
| Crew: 15 officers, 117 enlisted |
back to top go to the end of the pageCrew 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.
back to top go to the end of the pageback to top go to the end of the pageUSS TEXAS Construction Gallery:
 |  |
back to top go to the end of the pageUSS TEXAS Image Gallery:
 |  |  |  |  |
back to top
Back to Submarines list. Back to ships list. Back to selection page. Back to 1st page.