USS California (SSN-781) [SEP] vessel class
USS California (SSN-781)
USS "California" (SSN-781), is the eighth , and the seventh United States Navy ship named for the state of California. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 2003. Construction began in December 2006. "California"s keel was laid down on 1 May 2009.
She was christened on 6 November 2010, sponsored by Donna Willard, wife of
USS Miami (SSN-755)
USS "Miami" (SSN-755) was a United States Navy attack submarine. She was the third vessel of the U.S. Navy to be named after Miami, Florida. "Miami" was the forty-fourth "Los Angeles"-class (688) submarine and the fifth Improved "Los Angeles"-class (688I) submarine to be built and commissioned. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 November 1983 and her keel was laid