GROTON, Conn. (WLS) -- A new nuclear submarine was commissioned Saturday in honor of a legendary Naval officer and Chicago native. The Navy added the USS Rickover to its fleet, named after Admiral ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new nuclear submarine will be commissioned this weekend in honor of a legendary Naval officer and Chicago native. The ceremony, that is replete with military meaning, will be the ...

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that SSN 795, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Hyman G. Rickover. Mabus named the submarine to honor U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman G.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine, Hyman G. Rickover, officially joined the fleet Saturday during a ceremony at Naval ...

GROTON, Conn. (October 14, 2023) – Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) man the ship during a commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New ...

Tom Hanks of Williamsburg remembers clearly one of the official visits of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” at the Newport News Shipyard in the early 1970s. Hanks ...

While submarines are generally named for states and cities, the US Navy has named a few for people. One of these remarkable individuals was Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, a Jewish Chicagoan who has had ...