The Navy welcomed the 26th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to active service during a Saturday ceremony in Connecticut.

"Worrisome" construction delays plague the US Navy's submarine-building program, which Australia is relying on for its naval ...

Sailors man the rails during a commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Idaho at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, on April 25, 2026. (John Narewski/U.S.

The USS Idaho is the fifth ship in the US Navy to be named for the Gem State—and the most recent since a World War I-era battleship. Present at the ceremony in Connecticut was Idaho Senator Jim Risch, ...