USNI News | November 15, 2024

The lead ship in the Navy’s new class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines will deploy in 2030, a service official said Thursday.

Speaking at the annual Naval Submarine Symposium, Matt Sermon emphasized the Navy’s commitment to delivering the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) on time.

“Shipbuilders out there, supply chain, major mechanical equipment out there, stakeholders out there, we’re going to have District of Columbia on patrol in 2030,” Sermon, the executive director of the strategic submarines program executive office at Naval Sea Systems Command, told the audience.

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