The Naval News website announced that “a special ceremony was recently held at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base New London to hand over a new modified Virginia-class Block IV nuclear submarine to the U.S. Army.”

The site indicated in the publication that the new SSN-793 submarine is the 20th Virginia-class submarine in production for the US Navy and the third submarine in the nation’s history to be named the Oregon. Features of Block IV submarines Compared to traditional Virginia submarines, they are better hidden from radar and require less maintenance.

The new submarine is 115 meters long and has a displacement equivalent to 7,800 tons. It can also carry a crew of 134, travel at 34 knots and dive up to 500 meters below the sea surface. Its armament includes Tomahawk cruise missiles and 533 mm torpedoes.