USS Washington (SSN-787) will be a Virginia class submarine. The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008. This ship is the fourth of the Block III subs which will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio class submarine SSGNs. Construction began on 2 September 2011 at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.