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USS Minnesota (SSN 783) advances AUKUS with port visit to HMAS Stirling
February 25, 2025 — USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived in Western Australia on February 25, 2025, kicking off the first of two planned U.S. fast-attack submarine visits to HMAS Stirling in 2025. Port visits support the first pillar of the Australia, United Kingdom, United States trilateral security agreement, known as AUKUS, that is delivering a sovereign conventionally... MORE

USS Minnesota (SSN 783) conduct mooring operations at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australia, Feb. 25, 2025.

NAVSEA Honors Attack Submarine Executive Director Lisa Radocha’s 36 Years of Service
February 20, 2025 — Naval Sea System Commands (NAVSEA) celebrated the exceptional 36-year career of Ms. Lisa Radocha, executive director for New Construction Submarines, Program Executive Office, Attack Submarines (PEO SSN), during her retirement ceremony Feb. 10.The ceremony featured guest speakers Rear Adm. Jon Rucker, program executive officer PEO SSN, and Ms... MORE

Retirement ceremony in honor of Ms. Lisa Radocha, SES

For First Time, Australian Submariner Earns US Dolphins
December 17, 2024 — YOKOSUKA, Japan— The U.S. Navy qualified the first Royal Australian Navy officer on a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12. In a pier-side ceremony, Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Group 7 awarded Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. James* the first U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device... MORE

Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Group 7, and Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. James pose for a photo during pier-side quarters for the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12.

Navy, Industry Launch Program to Bolster Welders at Critical Nuclear Supplier
October 25, 2024 — MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — The Navy Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) program announced the grand opening of the John D. Haynes School of Welding Technology at Mount Vernon High School, Oct. 24. The initiative, a collaboration between BWX Technologies (BWXT) and non-profit integrator BlueForge Alliance, seeks to address the critical shortage of skilled... MORE

NAVSEA Remembers Crew of USS Thresher
April 11, 2024 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Apr. 10 ceremony honoring 129 crewmembers — 16 officers, 96 enlisted Sailors, and 17 civilian technicians — who lost their lives onboard USS Thresher (SSN 593) 61 years prior.NAVSEA staff reflected on the tragedy as well as programs and procedures since established to prevent future casualty.Built to hunt... MORE

(SSN-593) Starboard bow view, taken at sea on 24 July 1961. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Navy's Needed Revitalization of the Submarine Workforce Accelerates
April 11, 2024 — NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — During a key panel at the 2024 Sea-Air-Space exposition, Erica Logan, deputy director for Workforce, Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) program, Program Executive Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, outlined how her team is addressing critical workforce challenges facing the defense industry and the Navy’s submarine fleet. The... MORE

Annapolis Visits Australia
March 11, 2024 — ROCKINGHAM, Australia--USS Annapolis (SSN 760) arrived in HMAS Stirling in Perth, Western Australia Sunday.This marks the second visit by a U.S. fast-attack submarine to HMAS Stirling since the announcement of the AUKUS [Australia, United Kingdom, United States] Optimal Pathway in March 2023. The Optimal Pathway is designed to deliver a... MORE

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) and HMAS Stirling Port Services crewmembers prepare the submarine to moor alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia, March 10, 2024.

US Navy Submarine Industrial Base Team Launches 2023-2024 Defense Trade Skill Pipeline Programs
November 17, 2023 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Over the last two months, the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) program team, in partnership with a critical network of Department of Defense suppliers, launched its 2023—2024 Talent Pipeline Program. In launching the next pipeline, a series of workforce trade skill events were held in key maritime centers of... MORE

Hampton Roads, Virginia – A group photo at the Navy Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) Program’s Talent Pipeline Project Orientation/Kick-Off on September 21, 2023

Keel Authenticated for Future USS Tang (SSN 805)
August 18, 2023 — GROTON, Conn. – Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, to attend a keel-laying ceremony for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Tang (SSN 805), Aug. 17.The keel laying ceremony signifies a major milestone in the life of a ship as the ship transitions to reality. The... MORE

Ship Sponsor Mimi Donnelly (right) starts the welding of her initials onto the ceremonial plate that will be installed on the hull of the completed submarine with the help of Electric Boat welder Allison Fasulo. August 17, 2023.

Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Oklahoma (SSN 802)
August 2, 2023 — Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Wednesday, Aug. 2, to attend a keel-laying authentication for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Oklahoma (SSN 802). The keel laying signifies a major milestone in the life of a ship where the ship begins to transition from design to reality. The future USS Oklahoma will be the 29th Virginia Class Submarine and the first Block V submarine. It is the second Navy vessel, and the first submarine, to be named for the state of Oklahoma... MORE

From left, Cmdr. Aaron Stutzman, commanding officer of the pre-commissioning unit, Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin, NNS welder Alex VanCampen, and ship’s sponsor Mary “Molly” Slavonic at the keel authentication ceremony for Virginia-class attack submarine Oklahoma (SSN 802) at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 (Photo by Ashley Cowan/HII).

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