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On April 7, 2006, sailors ate the first meal prepared
on the Virginia-class submarine Texas
Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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Texas sailors Williams and Pearson take meal
orders on board the Virginia-class submarine
Texas (SSN 775).
Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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Sailors from the pre-commissioning unit Texas,
Pederson (top) and Warren (bottom), load mattresses
onto the submarine in preparation for the crew moving
aboard.
Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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The Texas (SSN 775) made its first voyage –
on land – Saturday, July 17, 2004 as part of its
roll-out from the Northrop Grumman Newport News Module
Outfitting Facility in preparation for the July 31 christening
ceremony.
Photo by Chris Oxley, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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Northrop Grumman Newport News held a ceremony November
7, 2003 to commemorate the pressure hull completion
for the Virginia-class submarine Texas
(SSN 775). The ceremony marked the completion of the
submarine's final hull welds, making the entire pressure
hull a single unit.
Photo by Stu Gilman, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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Work began in August 2003 to join the last of Texas’
(SSN 775) hull sections together. Large hull sections
which have previously had all the equipment installed
are brought together and welded to form the completed
ship’s hull. Pictured is the bow section being
moved to join with the rest of the forward end of Texas.
Photo by Stu Gilman, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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Virginia-class submarines Texas (SSN
775), Hawaii (SSN 776) and North Carolina
(SSN 777) are pictured in March 2002 under construction
in Northrop Grumman Newport News' Ring Module Shop (RMS).
The RMS is a 53,000 square foot building used to assemble
the structural steel that forms hulls sections, tanks
and modules that will later be outfitted with pipe,
machinery and equipment.
Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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In March 2002, construction was underway on the sail
unit of the submarine Texas (SSN 775) at Northrop
Grumman Newport News. Under an innovative agreement,
Newport News is producing the Virginia-class
submarines as part of a team with General Dynamics Electric
Boat. Newport News builds the stern, habitability &
machinery spaces, torpedo room, sail and bow. Electric
Boat builds the engine room and control room. The shipyards
alternate work on the reactor plant as well as the final
assembly, test, outfit and delivery.
Photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
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