USS Washington (SSN-787)
An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway.
Career
Namesake:	Washington State
Awarded:	22 December 2008
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding
Status:	Ordered
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)[1]
Range:	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth:	greater than 800 feet (250 meters)[2]
Complement:	134 officers and men[1]

USS Washington (SSN-787) will be a Virginia-class submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This ship is the fourth of the Block III subs which will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.^[3] Construction began on 2 September 2011 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.^[4]