USS Missouri (SSN-780)

	Missouri arrives at Naval Submarine Base New London in December 2013.
History
United States
Namesake	The State of Missouri
Awarded	14 August 2003
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down	27 September 2008
Launched	20 November 2009
Sponsored by	Rebecca W. Gates
Christened	5 December 2009
Commissioned	31 July 2010
Homeport	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Motto	"United we stand, divided we fall"
Nickname(s)	Mighty Mo
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement	7800 tons submerged
Length	377 feet (115 meters)
Beam	34 feet (10 meters)
Propulsion	1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%; 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW); 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor; 1 × secondary propulsion motor;
Speed	25+ knots (28+ mph, 46+ km/h)
Range	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth	greater than 800 feet (240 meters)
Complement	134 officers and men
Armament	12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo)

USS Missouri (SSN-780) is the seventh Virginia-class attack submarine and the fourth ship in the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri.^[2] She was completed, and delivered, nine months early and under budget.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Missouri". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Navy to Christen Submarine Missouri". Navy News Service. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
^ "USS Missouri arrives at new home port at Pearl Harbor". 30 January 2018.
^ ^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
^ "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "The US Navy – Fact File". Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
^ GlobalSecurity.org

[NVR-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Missouri". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

[NNS091203-11-2] "Navy to Christen Submarine Missouri". Navy News Service. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.

[3] "USS Missouri arrives at new home port at Pearl Harbor". 30 January 2018.

[“Propulsion”-4] Ragheb, Magdi (9 September 2011), Tsvetkov, Pavel (ed.), "Nuclear Naval Propulsion", Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability, ISBN 978-953-307-474-0

[5] "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[6] "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". fissilematerials.org. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[NavyFactFile-7] "The US Navy – Fact File". Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.

[8] GlobalSecurity.org

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History
Missouri arrives at Naval Submarine Base New London in December 2013.
United States
Namesake	The State of Missouri
Awarded	14 August 2003^[1]
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat^[1]
Laid down	27 September 2008^[1]
Launched	20 November 2009^[1]
Sponsored by	Rebecca W. Gates^[2]
Christened	5 December 2009^[2]
Commissioned	31 July 2010
Homeport	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii^[3]
Motto	"United we stand, divided we fall"
Nickname(s)	Mighty Mo
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement	7800 tons submerged^[1]
Length	377 feet (115 meters)^[1]
Beam	34 feet (10 meters)^[1]
Propulsion	1 × S9G PWR nuclear reactor^[4] 280,000 shp (210 MW), HEU 93%^[5]^[6] 2 × steam turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW) 1 × single shaft pump-jet propulsor^[4] 1 × secondary propulsion motor^[4]
Speed	25+ knots (28+ mph, 46+ km/h)^[7]
Range	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth	greater than 800 feet (240 meters)^[8]
Complement	134 officers and men^[7]
Armament	12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo)

USS Missouri (SSN-780)

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