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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Navy Finishes Blueprints for Future Nuclear Sub

Ohio class SSBNEngineers with the U.S. Navy have finished drawing up blueprints for a future class of nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines, officials said.

The technical details, known as ship specification documents, will set the stage for engineering work and eventually construction of ships in the so-called Ohio Replacement Program being developed by General Dynamics Corp.’s Electric Boat unit.

Consisting of three volumes, each with hundreds of pages, the documents detail the configuration, design and technical requirements for the next-generation boat, the first of which is slated to begin construction in 2021 and enter the fleet in 2031, Navy and company officials said.

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