Keel Laid: May 22, 2004
Christened: April 21, 2007
Commissioned: May 3, 2008

Builder: Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, 
Newport News, VA. 
Propulsion system: 1 S9G PWR 
Length, overall: 377 feet 
Beam: 32 feet 
Draft: 34 feet 
Displacement: 7150 tons (surfaced)
                       7800 tons (submerged)
Speed: 15 knots (surfaced)
            25+ knots (submerged)
Depth:  800+ feet (operational)
approx. 1200 feet (safe depth)
approx. 1800 feet (crash depth)
Crew: 113 officers and men
Armament: 
 - 12 MK 36 VLS for Tomahawk missiles
 - 4/21" TT for MK 48 ADCAP 
 - Advanced Mobile Mines 
 - Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
Special Warfare:
 - Dry Deck Shelter 
 - Advanced SEAL Delivery System
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, HI.