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The US Navy has accepted the delivery of its latest Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine from Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) subsidiary Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS).
USS New Jersey (SSN 796) is the 11th Virginia-class submarine delivered by NNS and the 23rd built under the teaming agreement with General Dynamics Electric Boat.
The nuclear-powered submarine’s name, New Jersey, was given to it in November 2021 at NNS by the ship’s sponsor, Susan DiMarco, a New Jersey resident, retired dentist, and wife of former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
The submarine is expected to be commissioned in late 2024. A commissioning ceremony for the future New Jersey is planned for September 14.
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