USS Texas (SSN-775)

USS *Texas* (SSN-775)
	USS Texas in Yokosuka, Japan, in February 2015
History
United States
Name	USS Texas
Namesake	State of Texas
Awarded	30 September 1999
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down	12 July 2002
Sponsored by	Laura Bush
Christened	31 July 2004
Launched	9 April 2005
Commissioned	9 September 2006
Homeport	Pearl Harbor, U.S.
Motto	"Don't Mess with Texas!"
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement	7,900 tonnes (7,800 long tons)
Length	114.9 m (377 ft)
Beam	10.3 m (34 ft)
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	exceeds 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range	Measured in terms of time (life-of-the-ship; approx. 33 years) [1]
Complement	134
Armament	12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile); 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo);

USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas. Texas was commissioned as a US Navy warship in Galveston, Texas, on 9 September 2006.^[2]^[7]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference TexasKeelPR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches Virginia-Class Submarine Texas". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
^ Cite error: The named reference TexasComm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^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.
^ "Uss Texas 775 Commissioning High Resolution Stock Photography and Images". Alamy. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

History
USS Texas in Yokosuka, Japan, in February 2015
United States
Name	USS Texas
Namesake	State of Texas
Awarded	30 September 1999
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down	12 July 2002^[1]
Sponsored by	Laura Bush
Christened	31 July 2004^[1]
Launched	9 April 2005^[2]
Commissioned	9 September 2006^[3]
Homeport	Pearl Harbor, U.S.
Motto	"Don't Mess with Texas!"
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement	7,900 tonnes (7,800 long tons)
Length	114.9 m (377 ft)
Beam	10.3 m (34 ft)
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	exceeds 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range	Measured in terms of time (life-of-the-ship; approx. 33 years) [1]
Complement	134
Armament	12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo)