U.S. Navy Commissions 22nd Virginia-Class Submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover

U.S. Navy Commission 22nd Virginia-Class Submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover

On October 14, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, the Navy commissioned the fast-attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) belonging to the Virginia class in a customary ceremony.

During her talk, Darleen Greenert — the wife of Jonathan Greenert, the former Chief of Naval Operations and sponsor of SSN 709 — discussed sacrifices made by military families and honoured the late Eleonore Rickover, the wife of the namesake admiral.

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