Naomi Cooper
General Dynamics‘ electric boat subsidiary has christened PCU Idaho, the U.S. Navy’s 26th Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, which is designed to support anti-submarine and surface ship warfare and special operations.
Terry Stackley, the ship sponsor, performed the bottle break that christened the vessel, which is the first Navy submarine to be named after the state of Idaho, General Dynamics Electric Boat said in a LinkedIn post published Sunday.
General Dynamics Electric Boat worked with HII‘s Newport News Shipbuilding division to build the Virginia-class submarine under a teaming agreement.
The Idaho is the 13th submarine in the Virginia class to be delivered by General Dynamics Electric Boat.
The christening was held Saturday at the shipbuilding company’s shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, and was attended by Electric Boat shipbuilders, officials from the Navy, the submarine crew and its sponsor.
