US Navy - Attack Submarine
SSN 786 - USS Illinois
Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Virginia class (Block III)
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA
Awarded: December 22, 2008
Laid down: June 2, 2014
Launched: August 8, 2015
Commissioned: October 29, 2016
Homeport: Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut
Namesake: State of Illinois
Ships Motto: NEMO MAGIS FORTITER (none more brave)
Technical Data: see: INFO > Virginia class Attack Submarine - SSN
First Lady Michelle Obama (boats sponsor) announces "Bring the Ship to Life" spurring its crew members to race across the brow and fall in formation
aboard USS Illinois (SSN 786) during the commissioning ceremony on Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - October 29, 2016
commissioning preparations at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - October 2016
Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - October 2016
Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - August 2016
sea trials - August 2016 (General Dynamics Electric Boat photo via US Navy)
christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - October 10, 2015
First Lady Michelle Obama (boats sponsor) at the keel laying ceremony
at General Dynamics Electric Boat Quonset Point facility, North Kingstown, Rhode Island - June 2, 2014
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