USS ''Hyman G. Rickover'' (SSN-795), will be a
nuclear-powered attack submarine of the
United States Navy and the second such boat commemorating Admiral
Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear navy.
The boat's
sponsor is Darleen Greenert, wife of then
Chief of Naval Operations
The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the professional head of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office () held by an admiral who is a military adviser and deputy to the secretary of the Navy. In a separate capacity as a memb ...
, Admiral
Jonathan Greenert.
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.
''Hyman G. Rickover''s
christening occurred on 31 July 2021.
Ship's name
The first was a , and the only submarine of her class not to be named after a United States city or town, while this submarine will be the second of her class not to be named after a
U.S. state (the first being ).
References
External links
The USS ''Hyman G. Rickover'' (SSN 795) Commissioning Committee
Virginia-class submarines
Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy
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