USS North Dakota (SSN 784)

USS NORTH DAKOTA is the 11th VIRGINIA - class nuclear-powered attack submarine and the second ship in the Navy named after the state of North Dakota. NORTH DAKOTA is the first of eight Block III VIRGINIA-class submarines. Approximately 20 percent of NORTH DAKOTA were redesigned to lower acquisition cost and increase operational flexibility. The changes include a ship's bow redesign, replacing 12 individual launch tubes with two large-diameter VIRGINIA Payload Tubes, each capable of launching six UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 22, 2008
	Keel laid: May 11, 2012
	Launched: September 15, 2013
	Commissioned: October 25, 2014
	Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.
	Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
	Propellers: one
	Length: 377 feet (115 meters)
	Beam: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
	Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
	Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 6,950 tons Submerged: approx. 7,800 tons
	Speed: Surfaced: approx. 25 knots Submerged: approx. 32 knots
	Armament: Tomahawk missiles from two VIRGINIA Payload Tubes (VPT), four 533 mm torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes, Harpoon, advanced mobile mines and unmanned undersea vehicles
	Homeport: Groton, Conn.
	Crew: 15 officers, 117 enlisted

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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS NORTH DAKOTA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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