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The Navy commissioned USS Massachusetts in Boston Harbor — the 25th Virginia-class attack sub at 7,800 tons and 377 feet long

The U.S. Navy added a new fast-attack submarine to its fleet when it commissioned USS Massachusetts in Boston, bringing the ...

Native Goodlettsville man sails with U.S. Navy, serves beneath the waves

A Goodlettsville native is serving aboard a U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine, playing a role in national security beneath the ...
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The US Navy canceled the best attack submarine ever built in the 1990s — and now wishes it had 29 of them

The U.S. Navy took delivery of its 25th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine — the USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) — in November 2025. The seventh Block IV boat in the program was built jointly by General ...

The U.S. Navy Spent $80 Million To Repair Submarine Nearing Retirement

The USS Connecticut was damaged after colliding with a seamount in October 2021. She could return to service later this year, ...
The National Interest

After Months of Deployment, the USS Annapolis Returns Home

According to the Navy, during its deployment, the fast-attack submarine conducted a range of missions that “strengthened national security, enhanced maritime operational capabilities, and reinforced ...
The National Interest

The US Navy Just Got a New Submarine—for the Second Time

Huntington Ingalls Industries initially delivered the USS New Jersey fast attack submarine to the Navy in 2024—then quickly took it back for a “post-shakedown availability.” Two years ago, the ...