On April 8, 2005 the floating dry dock, with Texas on board, moved into launch position and shipyard employees and Texas crew members completed final launch preparations.
Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Northrop Grumman Newport News reached a construction milestone on April 9, 2005 by launching the second Virginia-class submarine, Texas (SSN 775). This was the companyâs first submarine launching in nearly a decade.
Photo by Chris Oxley, Northrop Grumman Newport News
USS Virginia (SSN 774) sitting on her cradle at General Dynamics Electric Boat. You can see the sonar section of USS Hawaii (SSN 776) in the building behind.
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