Acting SECNAV Names Two Newest Virginia-Class Subs for Greatest-Gen Heroes of Pearl Harbor
December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following story:
The Navy will name its two newest Virginia-class (SSN 774) fast-attack nuclear submarines after the American heroes of the Greatest Generation who perished in the former USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and USS Arizona (BB-39), bringing those hallowed names back into active-duty service after more than three quarters of a century.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly proclaimed his decision to name the next tw . . .
The Navy will name its two newest Virginia-class (SSN 774) fast-attack nuclear submarines after the American heroes of the Greatest Generation who perished in the former USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and USS Arizona (BB-39), bringing those hallowed names back into active-duty service after more than three quarters of a century.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly proclaimed his decision to name the next tw . . .