USS Delaware (SSN-791)
An artist's rendering of a Virginia-class submarine underway.
Career
Namesake:	Delaware
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 m (377 ft)
Beam:	10.3 m (34 ft)
Propulsion:	S9G reactor
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[1]
Range:	Essentially unlimited distance; 33 years
Test depth:	greater than 800 ft (240 m)[2]
Complement:	134 officers and men[1]

USS Delaware (SSN-791) 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 eighth and final ship of the Block III subs that will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio-class SSGNs.^[3]