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USS Minnesota (SSN-783)
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USS Minnesota (SSN-783) will be the 10th of a projected 30 submarine
s. She will be the third United States Navy
ship named for the state of Minnesota
. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia
on 14 August 2003. Her name was announced on 15 July 2008 and her keel was laid down on 20 May 2011.
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
s. She will be the third United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
ship named for the state of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
on 14 August 2003. Her name was announced on 15 July 2008 and her keel was laid down on 20 May 2011.