U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONS VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE USS MONTANA (SSN 794)
NORFOLK, Va. -- The United States Navy commissioned the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) in a traditional ceremony held Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Naval Station Norfolk.
The future USS Montana (SSN 794) honors the Treasure State. It will be the second commissioned warship bearing the name. The first USS Montana (ACR-13), an armored cruiser, was also built at Newport News Shipbuilding and commissioned July 1908. It served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, landed Marines during unrest in Haiti in 1914 and escorted convoys during World War I. It was decommissioned in 1921.
Montana was previously christened in a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia on Sept. 12, 2020.
Montana is the third of the Block IV Virginia-class submarines to be delivered. Block IV Virginia-class submarines incorporate design changes focused on reduced total ownership cost. By making these smaller-scale design changes to increase the component-level lifecycle of the submarine, the Navy will increase the periodicity between depot maintenance availabilities and increase the number of deployments.
Blocks I-III Virginia-class submarines are planned to undergo four depot maintenance availabilities and conduct 14 deployments. Block IV design changes are intended to reduce planned availabilities by one to three, and increase deployments to 15.
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