U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class Submarines To Get 76% More Firepower
The Virginia Class submarine is already heavily armed. Each boat can carry up to 37 ...
15 Jul 2021
The Virginia Class submarine is already heavily armed. Each boat can carry up to 37 ...
23 Feb 2024
The U.S. Navy’s seventh Block IV Virginia-class attack submarine, Massachusetts (SSN 798), was recently launched by HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.
14 Oct 2023
The U.S. Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) on October 14 in Groton, Connecticut.
04 Oct 2023
On October 3, 2023, the Secretary of the U.S. Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 810 will be named USS San Francisco.
28 Sep 2023
On September 27, 2023, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that they had completed construction of the Virginia-class Arkansas (S-800) submarine pressure hull.
26 Sep 2023
HII and GDEB announced they will integrate 3D printing into the shipbuilding process for nuclear-powered submarines.
18 Aug 2023
Electric Boat held a keel laying ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine Tang at its facility in Quonset Point.
04 Aug 2023
United States Navy submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) has arrived in Perth, Western Australia for a scheduled port visit as part of routine patrols in the Indo-Pacific region.
19 Jun 2023
The U.S. Navy’s sixth Block IV Virginia-class attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), was christened on June 18, 2023.
01 Mar 2023
Secretary of the U.S. Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced during the U.S. Naval Academy’s Submarine Officer Selectee Dinner that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN-808 will be named USS John H. Dalton (SSN 808).