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Keel Authenticated for Future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827)
August 28, 2025 — GROTON, Conn. – The keel for the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827), a Columbia-class submarine, was laid during a ceremony on Aug. 27 at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Quonset Point facility in Kingstown, Rhode Island.The keel laying ceremony signifies a major milestone in the life of a ship as it begins to transition from design to reality. The...

NAVSEA Remembers Crew of USS Thresher
April 10, 2025 — Washington Navy Yard – Employees at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) held a remembrance service honoring the crew of USS Thresher (SSN 593) on the 62nd anniversary of the deadliest submarine incident in U.S. history, April 10.Attendees remembered the ship’s 129 crewmembers — 16 officers, 96 enlisted Sailors, and 17 civilian technicians — with a...

In AUKUS First, Royal Australian Navy personnel report to U.S. Submarine Tender
February 6, 2024 — Washington, DC (Feb. 6, 2024) — More than three dozen Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sailors and officers reported aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) as part of the ship’s crew under a Personnel Exchange Program (PEP) effort. The RAN personnel will support Emory S. Land’s mission to repair, rearm, and resupply forward-deployed U.S...

Navy to Commission Submarine Hyman G. Rickover
October 13, 2023 — GROTON, Conn. - The Navy will commission the newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, Oct. 14, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. ...

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Welcomes First Contingent of AUKUS Personnel
August 15, 2023 — Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -- Personnel from participating nations reported to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF) in support of the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) security partnership’s Pillar One initiative, Aug. 14.The Pillar One initiative is delivering a conventionally armed nuclear...

New additive manufacturing printer enables Sailors to ’think outside the box’
February 24, 2023 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) received complimentary reviews of a recently installed additive manufacturing (AM) 3D printer on the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778). The printer, a Markforged X7 field edition, is a polymer-based additive manufacturing system capable of printing high-durability carbon fiber reinforced...

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