Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro will ship the principal handle. Extra audio system embody Adm. James F. Caldwell, director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; the Honorable Joe Courtney, U.S. consultant from Connecticut, and Mr. Kevin Graney, president, Basic Dynamics Electrical Boat.
The submarine’s sponsor is Darleen Greenert, spouse of former Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert. As a part of the commissioning ceremony custom, Greenert will give the order to “man our ship and produce her to life.”
The long run USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) honors Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, generally known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy.” That is the second nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine named in recognition of Rickover. The primary Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709) was commissioned at Submarine Base, New London, in Groton, Connecticut, July 21, 1984.
Rickover served within the Navy for 63 years on lively obligation. He acknowledged the army implications of efficiently harnessing atomic energy for submarine propulsion and cast an settlement with the Atomic Vitality Fee. In simply seven years, Rickover and his workforce obtained congressional assist to develop an industrial base in a brand new know-how, pioneered new supplies, designed, constructed and operated a prototype, established a coaching program, and put to sea the primary nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) in 1955.
“Adm. Rickover’s influence to our Navy was extra than simply as a visionary, consequential chief,” mentioned Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti. “This commissioning not solely honors his legacy, it’s a celebration of our Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and its 75 years of excellence. Very similar to Adm. Rickover himself, this boat is unmatched in its pursuit of excellence. I can’t wait to see what the long run holds for this crew.”
Hyman G. Rickover is the fourth Block IV Virginia-class submarine to enter service, designed with enhanced stealth, refined surveillance capabilities and particular warfare enhancements to satisfy the Navy’s multi-mission necessities. Hyman G. Rickover will present the Navy with the capabilities required to keep up the nation’s undersea supremacy nicely into the twenty first century.
The ceremony will probably be live-streamed at: https://www.dvidshub.web/webcast/32640. The hyperlink will develop into lively at 9:45 a.m. EST.
Media might direct queries to the Navy Workplace of Data at (703) 697-5342. Extra info on the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine applications could be discovered at: https://www.navy.mil/Assets/Truth-Recordsdata/Show-FactFiles/Article/2169558/attack-submarines-ssn/
