Virginia Class Submarines with New Payload Module to Receive SSGN Designation

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Beginning with the USS Arizona, 19 new boats in the U.S. Navy’s Virginia class of nuclear powered attack submarines will officially be referred to as SSGNs to reflect the boost in cruise missile capacity offered by the new Virginia Payload Module (VPM).  Now to be designated as guided missile submarines, otherwise known as SSGNs, the […]