USS Idaho (SSN-799)

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USS Idaho (SSN-799), a Virginia-class submarine, is the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Idaho. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the name on 23 August 2015, at a ceremony in Idaho. The keel laying ceremony took place 24 August 2020 at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Idaho is projected to cost around $2.6 billion dollars and was commissioned on April 25 2026 at Naval Submarine Base New London. She was christened 16 March 2024 at Electric Boat by Teresa Stackley, wife of Sean Stackley, a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition).

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