Mississippi transits the Thames River on April 10, 2012.
Career
Name:	USS Mississippi
Namesake:	State of Mississippi
Awarded:	14 August 2003
Builder:	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Cost:	$2.6 billion
Laid down:	9 June 2010
Sponsored by:	Allison Stiller
Christened:	3 December 2011
Commissioned:	2 June 2012
Motto:	Virtute et Armis (By Valor and Arms)
Badge:
General characteristics
Class & type:	Virginia-class submarine
Displacement:	7800 tons light, 7800 tons full
Length:	114.9 meters (377 feet)
Beam:	10.3 meters (34 feet)
Propulsion:	S9G reactor
Speed:	25+ knots (46 km/h)
Range:	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth:	800+ feet (250 meters)
Complement:	132 officers and men

USS Mississippi (SSN-782) is a Virginia-class submarine of the United States Navy, named for the state of Mississippi. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 14 August 2003. Mississippi's keel was laid down on 9 June 2010. Mississippi was christened on December 3rd, 2011 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. Allison Stiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is the ship's sponsor. The submarine was commissioned at a ceremony on 2 June 2012 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.