USS Tang (SSN-805) will be a nuclear-powered, Virginia-class attack submarine in the United States Navy. She will also be third United States Navy vessel with the name tang, a large family of tropical fish. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced in a 17 November 2020 press release that the submarine will be named USS Tang, in honor of a storied WWII submarine. This is the second of four new Virginia class members named in honor of WWII submarines with very successful combat records.[3] Ordered on 2 December 2019, she is the fourth of the Block V boats, the first boats of the class to include the Virginia Payload Module.
The keel laying ceremony for the submarine took place 17 August 2023 at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island and the sponsor is Mimi Donnelly, wife of the retired American submarine officer Vice admiral John J. Donnelly.[2]
References
- ^ "Naval Vessel Register".
- ^ a b "Keel of Future USS Tang is Well and Truly Laid". EB Landing (Press release). Electric Boat. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "SECNAV Names Two Future Virginia-class Submarines Tang, Wahoo" (Press release). United States Navy. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.