(With video) Watch a time-lapse video of the rollout, flooding and launch of Virginia-class submarine Washington (SSN 787) at Newport News Shipbuilding.
The video covers four days' work into less than two minutes.
USS Washington
The USS Washington (SSN-787) is a Virginia-class submarine. The contract to build it was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia, on 22 December 2008. This ship is the fourth of the Block III subs that features a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs (nuclear-powered guided missile submarines).
Construction began on 2 September 2011 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. On 13 April 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, announced SSN-787 would be named after the State of Washington. The Navy christened the ship on 5 March 2016, during a ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia.
Picture: An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway.
