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IN HR0044

Resolution

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Cindy Kirchhofer

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • USS Indiana (SSN 789) is the third ship to bear Indiana's name and a next-generation attack submarine designed to maintain undersea supremacy into the 21st century
  • Built at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia; weighs 7,800 tons, measures 377 feet in length with a 34-foot beam, and operates at more than 25 knots submerged
  • Features enhanced stealth, sophisticated surveillance capabilities, special warfare enhancements, and a reactor plant requiring no refueling during the ship's planned life
  • Equipped to attack targets ashore with Tomahawk cruise missiles, conduct covert surveillance, perform antisubmarine and antiship warfare, mine delivery, minefield mapping, and Special Forces operations
  • Indiana House of Representatives recognizes the USS Indiana's capabilities to protect and defend the nation and world, and directs the Principal Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to the submarine's commander

Legislative Description

A HOUSE RESOLUTION commemorating the USS Indiana (SSN 789).

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