![]() ![]() concluded a Memorandum of Understanding in June this year for the local construction of submarines for the Indian Navy, the partners have now teamed up again for the overhaul and modernization of the Indian submarine INS SHANKUSH. ![]() This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.After thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. ![]() ^ COMSUBPAC Public Affairs, " USS Hawaii Returns from Western Pacific Deployment Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine", 24 February 2011.^ Submarine USS Hawaii first of its class to enter Western Pacific.^ COMSUBPAC Public Affairs, " USS Hawaii Departs for Western Pacific Deployment ", 25 Aug, 2010.^ Kakesako, Gregg K., "Navy Completes Challenging Retrofit of Sub", Honolulu Star-Bulletin.^ Associated Press, " Sub Hawaii arrives at Pearl Harbor homeport", Military Times, 23 July 2009.^ Kakesako, Gregg K., "USS Hawaii Nearing New Pearl Harbor Home", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11 July 2009."USS Hawaii Earns Commendation for Disrupting Drug Traffic". ^ US Navy press release, Virginia-Class Sub Bound for Pearl Harbor, 5 December 2008.^ The USS Hawaii Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.^ USS Hawaii (SSN 776) Arrival Ceremony Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 16 July 2009.^ Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW) Ira J.^ Electric Boat Corporation's News Archived at the Wayback Machine.Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. ^ "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel".^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF).^ a b c Ragheb, Magdi (9 September 2011), Tsvetkov, Pavel (ed.), "Nuclear Naval Propulsion", Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability, ISBN 978-953-307-474-0.^ Commissioning book USS HAWAII (SSN 776), US Navy,.List of submarines of the United States Navy.February 2011 – The boat returns from her first Western Pacific cruise.August 2010 – The boat leaves for her first Western Pacific cruise, under temporarily assignment to Seventh Fleet, making her the first Virginia-class submarine to enter the Western Pacific.30 March to – The sub receives a $2.5 million refit in a drydock in Pearl Harbor.23 July 2009 – The sub reaches Pearl Harbor. ![]() 10 July 2009 – The sub transits the Panama Canal en route to new homeport at Pearl Harbor.Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation for their work in disrupting drug trafficking from 20 February to 17 April 2008. – US Navy announces the ship has earned the U.S.4 December 2008 – US Navy announces USS Hawaii will be home ported at Pearl Harbor in 2009.May 2008 – post-shakedown availability.In July 2009, she changed home port from Groton, CT (Submarine Group Two, Submarine Squadron Two) to Pearl Harbor, HI (Submarine Squadron One). Electric Boat delivered Hawaii to the US Navy on 22 December 2006, ahead of schedule. She was christened on 17 June 2006 by her sponsor, Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii. (A previous large cruiser, or battlecruiser, USS Hawaii (CB-3) was launched, but never commissioned, and was named after the Territory of Hawaii.) The building contract was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 27 August 2004. USS Hawaii (SSN-776), a Virginia-class submarine, is the first commissioned warship of the United States Navy to be named for the 50th state. 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor ġ2 VLS tubes, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes.USS Hawaii entering Pearl Harbor during a homeport change. ![]()
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