MARKET INSIGHT: U.S. NAVYU.S. NAVY BY THE NUMBERSVirginia Class MilestonesPCU North Dakota (SSN 784) -commissioned 2014PCU John Warner (SSN 785) commissioned 2015PCU Illinois (SSN 786) - keel laid Jun 2, 2014Delivery Yard - General Dynamics Electric Boat Contract Delivery Date - 31 August 2016 Estimated Delivery Date - Summer 2016PCU Washington (SSN 787) - keel laid Nov 22, 2014 Delivery Yard - HII- Newport News Contract Delivery Date - 28 February 2017Est. Delivery Date -Fall 2016PCU Colorado (SSN 788) - keel laid Mar 7, 2015Delivery Yard - General Dynamics Electric Boat Contract Delivery Date - 31 August 2017 Est. Delivery Date - Winter 2017 (2nd QTR FY17)PCU Indiana (SSN 789) -keel laid May 16, 2015Delivery Yard - HII - Newport News Contract Delivery Date - 28 February 2018 Est. Delivery Date -Summer 2017PCU South Dakota (SSN 790) -keel laid 4/4/2016Delivery Yard -General Dynamics Electric Boat U.S. Navy photo courtesy of the Royal NavyContract Delivery Date - 31 August 2018The fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774), right, arrives at Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Clyde for a Est. Delivery Date - Winter 2018 (2nd QTR FY18)scheduled port visit March 22, 2016. Virginia, lead boat of the Virginia-class submarines, is conducting naval ops in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. PCU Delaware (SSN 791) -keel laid April 30, 2016Delivery Yard -HII - Newport News Contract Delivery Date - 28 February 2019 Est. Delivery Date - Fall 2018ing capability. The Navy and its industry partners re- The success of the Aegis system for BMD missions duced the construction span by over two years from has resulted in the establishment of a land-based Aegis PCU Vermont (SSN 792) – Keel Lay TBDan 86-month span down to 62 months. One design Ashore Missile Defense System in Romania, with a Delivery Yard - General Dynamics Electric Boat Contract Delivery Date - 30 June 2019 change focused on changing the 12 vertical-launch second planned for Poland, as part of the European missile tubes to two Virginia Payload Tubes (VPT) Phased Adaptive Approach to defend Europe from Ira-PCU Oregon (SSN 793) – Keel Lay TBDwith six missiles each in the bow of the ship. The nian missiles.Delivery Yard - General Dynamics Electric Boat next step in the evolution of the Virginia class will be The ? rst Zumwalt class destroyers has conducted Contract Delivery Date - 30 November 2019 the addition of the Virginia Payload Modules (VPM), sea trials, while the other two continue construction PCU Montana (SSN 794) – Keel Lay TBDa 70-foot hull insertion that adds four 7-misssile VPT at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. Although it’s Delivery Yard – HII – Newport News Shipbuilding launchers to provide even more capability. called a destroyer, at nearly 16,000 tons it is much Contract Delivery Date - 31 May 2020 larger with more robust offensive capability, than Carriers other surface combatants. With a high degree of auto-PCU Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) – Keel Lay TBDThe ? rst of the new CVN 78 class of nuclear pow- mation, it is manned with a crew of 142. By compari-Delivery Yard - General Dynamics Electric Boat Contract Delivery Date - 30 September 2020ered aircraft carriers, USS Gerald Ford, is nearing son, a 9,500 ton Arleigh Burke class DDG has a crew completing. The crews are conducting “fast cruises” of about 300. The Zumwalts also have considerable PCU New Jersey (SSN 796) – Keel Lay TBDto prepare for getting underway. Commissioning may power, weight and space margins for new weapons Delivery Yard – HII – Newport News Shipbuildingtake in September. Mabus says the Navy has “a steady like rail guns and lasers. The future USS Zumwalt Contract Delivery Date - 28 February 2021 state Ford Class procurement plan designed to deliv- (DDG 1000) completed the at-sea portion of accep-PCU Iowa (SSN 797) – Keel Lay TBDer each new ship in close alignment with the Nimitz tance trials, demonstrating her systems for the Navy’s Delivery Yard – General Dynamics Electric BoatClass ship it replaces. CVN 78 cost performance has Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) in April.Contract Delivery Date 31 August 2021remained stable since 2011 and this lead ship will de- While new DDGs are being built, the existing ? eet liver under the Congressional cost cap.” of cruisers and destroyers must be kept combat rel-PCU Massachusetts (SSN 798) – Keel Lay TBDThe Ford class is based on the Nimitz class hull evant. The destroyer modernization program includes Delivery Yard – HII – Newport News ShipbuildingContract Delivery Date – 28 February 2022form, but has new propulsion and power distribution Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) upgrades as systems, sensors, electromagnetic catapults, and many well as combat systems improvements with upgrad-PCU Idaho (SSN 799) – Keel Lay TBDother new features. ed AEGIS weapons systems. Advanced Capability Delivery Yard – General Dynamics Electric BoatBuild (ACB) 12 to include open architecture comput-Contract Delivery Date – 31 August 2022Surface Combatants ing environment, BMD capability, installation of the SSN 780 – Keel Lay TBDThe Navy continues to procure the Arleigh Burke- Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), integration of Delivery Yard – HII – Newport News Shipbuildingclass guided missile destroyer. The lead ship was the SM-6 missile, and improved air dominance with Contract Delivery Date – 28 February 2023commissioned in 1991, and the ships being procured processing upgrades and Naval Integrated Fire Con-today have upgraded to integrated air and missile de- trol-Counter Air capability. PCU Utah (SSN 801) – Keel Lay TBDfense as well as ballistic missile defense (BMD) capa- This renovation reduces total ownership costs and Delivery Yard – General Dynamics Electric BoatContract Delivery Date – 31 August 2023bility. The newest version, called Flight III, will have expands mission capability for current and future the new Air and Missile Defense Radar. combat capabilities. 21 Cruiser modernization ensures 24 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JUNE 2016MR #6 (18-25).indd 24 6/6/2016 12:36:56 PM