USS_Hyman_G._Rickover_(SSN-795)

USS <i>Hyman G. Rickover</i> (SSN-795)

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)

US Navy Virginia-class submarine

For other ships with the same name, see USS Hyman G. Rickover.

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy and the second such boat commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear navy.[5] The boat's sponsor is Darleen Greenert, wife of then Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert.[6] Both the boat's name and her sponsor were announced by the Secretary of the Navy at a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on 9 January 2015.[6] Hyman G. Rickover's christening occurred on 31 July 2021,[7] and she was commissioned on 14 October 2023, during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Connecticut.[4]

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The first USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) was a Los Angeles-class submarine, and the only submarine of her class not to be named after a United States city or town, while this submarine is the second of her class not to be named after a U.S. state (the first being USS John Warner).

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    "USS Hyman G. Rickover". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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    "PCU Hyman G. Rickover Celebrates Construction Milestone". U.S Navy. 12 May 2018. NNS180512-02. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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    "Navy christens 2nd submarine in honor of Admiral Rickover". Associated Press. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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    "Navy to Commission Submarine Hyman G. Rickover". U.S. Department of Defense. 13 October 2023. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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    LaGrone, Sam (9 January 2015). "Navy Names Attack Boat After Rickover". U.S. Naval Institute. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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    "CNO, SECNAV and other distinguished guests help Naval Reactors celebrate the 60th anniversary of the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) first signaling "underway on nuclear power". U.S. Navy. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
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    "Navy christens 2nd submarine in honor of Adm. Rickover". Navy Times. Associated Press. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024.
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