Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines are designed to replace the aging ...

This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne speaks at Phil Batt's service Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who also served as the U.S.

Almost nobody knows where they are at any given time, yet nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines quietly patrol dark domains of the undersea realm in strategically vital waters around the globe, ...

Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher, commander, Naval Submarine Forces, delivers the keynote address during a change of command ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, June 13, 2025. US Navy Photo ...

The engine room of one of the U.S. Navy’s newest fast attack submarines, the USS Idaho, will be named for former Idaho Governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne. U.S. Sen. Jim Risch ...