USS New Mexico (SSN-779) Launching
This is the US Navy's newest class of fast attack submarine
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Name: USS New Mexico
Namesake: The State of New Mexico
Ordered: 14 August 2003
Laid down: 12 April 2008
Launched: January 18, 2009[1]
Commissioned: 2009 (scheduled)
Motto: Defendemos nuestra tierra (Spanish: "We defend our land")
Status: Under construction in US by Navy, unassigned to fleet
General characteristics
Displacement: 7800 tons
Length: 114.9 m (377 ft)
Beam: 10.3 m (34 ft)
Propulsion: S9G reactor
Speed: In excess of 25 knots