Month: March 2025

USS Colorado Day

March 17, 2018 – USS Colorado SSN-788 commissioned
Virginia Class Attack Submarine: Named PCU Colorado (SSN-788) on 25 June 2012.The contract to build her was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia on 22 December 2008.
SSN-784 through approximately SSN-791 are planned to make up the Third Block or “Flight” Block III subs will feature a revised bow, including some technology from Ohio class SSGNs. SSN-788 will be built at Electric Boat.
Her keel laying ceremony was on 7 March 2015.
Christened on 3 December 2016 & commissioned on 17 March 2018.

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USS Triton SS-201

In March of 1943, the Pacific War had reached a fever pitch. The U.S. Navy’s submarine force, already proving itself to be one of the most effective weapons in America’s arsenal, was actively hunting Japanese shipping in the vast, contested waters of the South Pacific. Submarines, operating in deadly cat-and-mouse games with Japanese destroyers, were crucial in strangling enemy supply lines. However, with every daring success, there was an equal measure of peril. It was in these waters, north of the Admiralty Islands, that USS Triton (SS-201) embarked on her sixth and final war patrol, never to return.

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USS H-1 (SS-28)

H-1 with her crew

The H-class submarines of the United States Navy were a product of their time, built to patrol coastal waters and operate in a world where undersea warfare was still in its infancy. The USS H-1 (SS-28), originally commissioned as Seawolf, was one such boat—a compact and capable vessel designed by Electric Boat and constructed by Union Iron Works in San Francisco. She was a pioneer in a class that would pave the way for more advanced designs. First launched in 1913 and entering service in December of that year, the H-1 served along the Pacific Coast, operating out of San Pedro, California. She ran patrols, participated in training exercises, and played her part in the early development of American submarine tactics. Continue reading “USS H-1 (SS-28)” →

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