October 28, 2018
This New Navy Submarine Is Built to Take on Russia. And It Has One Special Feature.
More stealth:The vessel is the lead vessel for the Navy’s Acoustic Superiority Program.
by Dave Majumdar
Rear Adm. Charles Richard, then the Navy’s director of undersea warfare, said at the same event that the service has run a Submarine Security Technology Program (SSPT) for both its ballistic missile and attack submarines for decades.
The United States Navy has taken delivery of what will eventually become USS South Dakota (SSN 790), the service’s seventeenth Virginia-class submarine. The Block III Virginia-class attack boat will be commissioned into service early in 2019.
"South Dakota's delivery is an important milestone," Capt. Chris Hanson, Naval Sea Systems Command’s Virginia Class Program manager, said in a statement on September 24 when the service took delivery of the vessel. "It marks the penultimate Block III delivery and will be a vital asset in the hands of the fleet."
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